Young boy attacked by granny's guard dog is awarded €80k

Eoin Kerrigan was just four when he got 26 stitches to his head after the attack by the Japanese Akita dog.

An example of a Japanese Akita dog. Picture: file photo

A young boy who was attacked by his grandmother’s dog as he played in her garden with his cousins has settled a High Court action for €80,000.

Eoin Kerrigan, the High Court heard, was just four years of age when the Japanese Akita dog which had been purchased by his grandmother as a guard dog attacked and bit him.