Overview
- Four people face 31 charges each and a fifth faces 49 counts, with the charges tied to alleged ill‑treatment of animals at the Andgar Piggery site in Dublin.
- Two defendants, Andrew and Alison Goss, attended a brief first appearance at Elizabeth Magistrates Court on Tuesday and the case was adjourned to August 4 for further hearings.
- A court charge sheet alleges no fewer than 200 pigs lived in an "ankle‑deep morass of faeces, urine and wet straw," with some animals found with fever, swollen limbs or unable to walk.
- The RSPCA launched the investigation after Farm Transparency Project footage prompted a mid‑2025 inspection and a July 2025 raid that led inspectors to euthanise 14 pigs and issue improvement notices.
- If convicted under the Animal Welfare Act the accused face fines or jail and the RSPCA has signalled it may seek orders forcing surrender of livestock and bans on owning animals, while activists continue to press for the piggery’s closure.