Scent of success: Cork academy trains dogs to sniff out explosives and drugs

Detecting explosives and narcotics is part of the training for elite canines at the college, as is protection, crowd control, and tracking

Elite dogs are trained in the Irish Working Dog College on Dublin Hill in Cork.

Dogs are being taught to sniff out explosives and carry cameras into war zones in a training academy in Cork that is believed to be the first in the country to train dogs for international police and military forces.

These elite dogs, the James Bonds of the canine world, are trained in the Irish Working Dog College, established by Ciarán Hughes and Tara Lynch on Dublin Hill in Cork.