Dog warden told he would be shot

A 41-year-old former student of humanities told a dog warden he would shoot him in the leg after his dog had been seized, a court has heard.

At Ennis District Court, Insp Tom Kennedy said that it will also be alleged that Eoin Hannan, of Kilrush Rd, Ennis, Co Clare, made hundreds of phone calls to Frankie Coote, Clare’s dog warden, over a weekend in September 2012.

Insp Kennedy said Mr Coote will allege in court that over the phone, Mr Hannan “threatened to blind me, threatened to shoot me in the leg, and that I would have a limp”.