Life as Waterford's dog pound manager: 'He threatened me with a sledgehammer'

In the third part of her series on council workers, Sarah Horgan talks to Liam Power, who manages the dog pound for Waterford City and County Council

Waterford dog pound manager Liam Power with Caoimhe the border collie at Gracedieu Lower, Waterford. Picture: Dan Linehan

A man who threatened staff with a sledgehammer in a bid to break his beloved pet out of the dog pound is one of the more "colourful" characters Liam Power has encountered as part of his job.

Waterford City and County Council's dog pound manager, however, says he is not without some sympathy for this particularly “difficult customer” who went about trying to get his dog back in the wrong way.