Bodies of dead horses littered on busy Irish road after 'distressing' incident

There were distressing scenes on the outskirts of Kilkenny this morning following the discovery of a number of dead horses on the Ring Road, between McDonalds and the M9 motorway, Friday, 17 October.

Gardaí have confirmed to Kilkenny Live that they attended the scene of a road traffic collision involving a vehicle and two horses on the slip road at Junction 8 on the M9 Southbound at Kilkenny City at approximately 6 am this morning.

No injuries to occupants of the vehicle were reported by Gardaí. 

However, as reported by Kilkenny Live earlier, a number of dead horses were discovered at the scene leaving drivers and passers by horrified. 

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Gardaí and the local fire brigade attended the scene of the incident. 

Online outrage has been sparked by the grim occurrence. 

Another social media user wrote: "What are the repercussions for these people".

Another netizen speculated: "Multiple horses dead is strange."

The route has now been fully cleared, and is open to motorists. 

Earlier this morning, Stephaine McDermott of the Kilkenny Traveller Community Movement joined Brian Redmond on The KCLR Daily 96FM radio show to say the dead animals were not from a nearby Kilkenny Horse Project field.