{"id":401481,"date":"2026-04-16T11:27:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T11:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/401481\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T11:27:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T11:27:08","slug":"monaghan-couple-who-abducted-neighbours-cat-and-abandoned-it-at-lake-sentenced-to-three-months-the-journal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/401481\/","title":{"rendered":"Monaghan couple who abducted neighbour&#039;s cat and abandoned it at lake sentenced to three months &#8211; The Journal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMixwFBVV95cUxNeUgzd1pOX1FtNU8yUkNTOGh0dVRqRFNtdTMtU2hOMUdWTzFYSzVUVlJyZWtDZ0pBa2h2THdfRUpVdUFIS2JqazJiZVJQWElhaEZWX2RnNmJ2Uy1aWVpfNUFXanVZQnZNRXdJOUZ6OHc0Nm1ScVdBMTZUZGtibFVYSTN2a3VtaDAzOV91WGpSQUMxX3RnQ3I4bDZHNkZBVTViZThKNEFFNkpVZWducXVfRDFzM21JUXpfX0pGMzZzUV9sb19SNjBr?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Monaghan couple who abducted neighbour&#8217;s cat and abandoned it at lake sentenced to three months<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Journal<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi3gFBVV95cUxNTmoyM3g5UUtKX0k5T2t6Q0JOZVl4MTV2c2lBZ3FldkpUdjJCMGhXSU93NzUtc0NCMWNmUXh0bHdQakRKZWxpUnNXOWZwRUNpd19nckJ3NjA5Tjd1azVsRy1md1J4NUxmVlk4NWljVDdHbTJPNEtZM21MTXo3Y05HSFg5YU4ycVJXbWtfWGdaVVItWDBxN0VnOGkya0R4VkdydDdZdF9NVDJ1cnlodVdoWWRwM0V5eHMwd2RaOFo3NHlWcWM2RlI1Q3pKUE5wOW5fMkZzVmRiUW1zYXBsTWc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Retired couple who abducted neighbour\u2019s cat and tied it in a bag jailed for animal cruelty<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Irish Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi-AFBVV95cUxPWGpndXVqMjFTRmJKMm9BX1VURGR3Q25OMk1MRVY1UDU1WVZ5b0dzTlN5S2JvVm5PZ2RDVnhpMGVCWTZ1WFFDTVRkMTZkVzlrZy1PTTR3aW4zaTVwQm5Na3NzcnFtOGpNam41V1NQcUVJZE9SeThaRGFYa0txaERVNmlCcnM1cEdFUVVtSjRHa0QwQXNMQXNFZW4xSmZFX3R2YVNoc2EwLXRfYklYa0VPeUljZ3Y0aHBGZjcxbE85X1BkTndMRUNpd2RWWWJMVDdJZEZXVDRLTTh0cTViVnZJUjU2eTdmWENDWUc3bDlWaDdKYTh5c0l6Mg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Retired Monaghan couple given jail terms for \u2018horrendous and unspeakable\u2019 cruelty to neighbour&#8217;s cat<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Irish Independent<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilAFBVV95cUxQZE5BMnZmUXlwaVJPcnZteDZkaWJXcWpKNjdRWGJlNlRMYW4wX3o3djgtdFlTc1Ffa0NweERkLTNoQ2JXZUZ0NFBLSHNVVVdHVC1Hb3JvZW5UdVZxV2ZPdzBsMkctQW5XMUFyaEpwRmZZajVfUTRzR2tzc29JbWI4aGZqQmFQSXRqZ1RMTkpubGR2X0Rn?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Monaghan couple sentenced over cruelty to neighbour&#8217;s cat<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;RTE.ie<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimwFBVV95cUxPRVlmQlBIRVBZVVkyOFpCWTRiNjdDUldxaXJKQ2VBVGRmY0tOanlvTldvbHBVb0hDWHVlQ2tYSFdSbFloUW9ZcnpvRmdmN2dZZVR5eHhEX3pCdUtzWUlNZjFlTnBrbHlhVDFVSUtGZE9DOFgxWF8xM0VveURNeld0Wm5QSk5SWDBDWUZmcnpVTng5YkZaRndNR21SVQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Couple tied neighbour\u2019s cat in bag before \u2018leaving it to die\u2019<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Anglo Celt<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Monaghan couple who abducted neighbour&#8217;s cat and abandoned it at lake sentenced to three months&nbsp;&nbsp;The JournalRetired couple who&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":401482,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[16591,162356,54,61,60,3773,177117,43],"class_list":["post-401481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-animal-cruelty","tag-carrickmacross","tag-courts","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-monaghan","tag-monaghan-district-court","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=401481"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401481\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/401482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=401481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=401481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=401481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}