Inquest into four-month-old baby girl's mauling by jealous pet hears of dangers of dogs

Mia O'Connell. “She was always smiling from the day she was born,” Mia’s aunt said.

A coroner has highlighted the potential dangers of dogs after an inquest heard how a four-month-old baby girl was mauled to death by a jealous family pet as she slept.

The family of baby Mia O’Connell has now called for new laws and stricter checks on the rehoming process for rescue dogs, and for more rigorous background checks on the animals, following the inquest on Thursday into her death in Waterford in 2021.