Liam Dowling sentenced for killing protected animal

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Liam Dowling received 200 hours’ community service instead of a two-year sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on 16 October 2015.

He pleaded guilty to killing a protected animal at Clonliffe College on 19 August 2014.

Judge Martin Nolan declined to ban Dowling from keeping dogs in future.