‘I can’t ignore the facts’, says Heather Humphreys, in wake of fatal mauling of Nicole Morey in Limerick
Minister for Social Protection Heather Humphreys is consulting the Attorney General 'on how a ban on the XL bully would work in Ireland'. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA Wirehas announced her plan to ban crossbreed XL bully dogs in light of the increasing number of attacks by the already restricted breed.
Ms Humphreys is consulting the Attorney General “on how a ban on the XL bully would work in Ireland and what legislative changes may be required to give effect to this. That work is under way”.Sinéad Hussey: ‘We treat miscarriages as a blip or something that’s easily forgotten’‘You’re not Irish. You’re not one of us’: Northern students on a year in the South
Last year, following an attack on a young Wexford boy Alejandro Mizsan, the Minister established a working group of experts, chaired by former deputy garda commissioner John Twomey to look at actions that could be taken to strengthen policy and legislation on dog control.The Government is also looking at the implementation of such bans in other countries including Denmark and France, to see “how it is working on the ground”.
But she said “I can’t ignore the facts. The XL bully was the dog involved in the attack on Alejandro Mizsan in Wexford and it was also the dog involved in the attack in Limerick last week which
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