Microchip may help trace owner of bull terrier found hanged

Gardaí have launched an investigation after a dog was hanged from a railing near the entrance to the IDA Ireland building in Cork.

The Staffordshire bull terrier was found by a passerby on Thursday hanged from its lead in full public view near the entrance to the IDA Building on the Model Farm Rd.

The passerby notified the gardaí who attended the scene and cut the dog down. Togher gardaí are investigating the incident.