Woman mauled to death by dogs - Let’s ban these killer animals

IT is all but impossible for an Irish person to legally own a handgun; we persistently tighten drink driving limits; we impose speed limits, and we have developed an all-powerful culture of health and safety because we want to do all we can to prevent avoidable injury or loss of life.

Yet we tolerate dangerous animals on our streets because some deluded people imagine these unfortunate animals are pets.

Teresa McDonagh paid for this lunacy with her life when she was attacked by two bull mastiffs. Tragically, it is only a matter of time before more lives are lost because we tolerate dangerous, powerful dogs, genetically engineered to attack and savage each other and whoever stands in their way.