Girl, 3, in hospital after attack by husky

A three-year-old girl is recovering in hospital after she was attacked by a dog in Co Clare on Saturday.

The incident happened at around 2.00pm near Ballynacally, about 16km from Ennis, and was the second time in three weeks a young child has been attacked by a husky dog in the Mid-West.

Earlier this month in Limerick, two-year-old Reece O’Leary from Carew Park was hospitalised after being seriously injured when he was attacked by the family’s husky.