IFA demands tighter dog control measures after Cork farmer's sheep 'torn to bits' 

The IFA will spell out its demands when it appears before the joint Oireachtas committee on agriculture on Wednesday

Twelve-year-old Ciara Cronin nursing one of the lambs who was badly injured in a savage attack by dogs on their farm at Lower Killeens, Cork. Picture Dan Linehan

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The Irish Farmer’s Association (IFA) is to call for the urgent introduction of tighter dog control measures to stop the slaughter of livestock.