Hunt to find autistic man’s stolen dog

A man with autism was last night trying to cope with the loss of a constant companion who has been missing since Sunday.

Gardaí in Co Limerick are trying to track down a thief who they suspect stole ‘Toby’, a dog trained to be at Peter Meskell’s side.

The three-year-old cross between a Bernese Mountain dog and a beagle, went missing from the Meskell family home in Castleconnell around 8pm on Sunday.