Tánaiste calls for tougher dog regulation following baby's fatal mauling by family pet

Comprehensive review of legislation relating to control of dogs needed, Martin says, following inquest into 'harrowing, shocking' death of four-month-old girl

Baby Mia O'Connell was killed in her bed by a family pet in Waterford in 2021. 

Tánaiste Micheál Martin has described the death of a four-month-old baby girl who was fatally mauled by a dog as a harrowing and shocking case.

An inquest in Cork city heard yesterday how baby Mia O'Connell was killed in her bed by a family pet in Waterford in 2021.