Legendary Dublin gardener Helen Dillon maintains that dachshunds are the ideal dog for a gardener. In her eponymous Garden Book, where she dedicated an entire chapter to the joys and drawbacks of ...

AS SPRING arrives, dog owners are being urged to take extra care as ticks thrive in warmer weather. These tiny, blood-sucking pests are becoming more active now and can lead to kidney failure in ...

Our new puppy learns his first tricks during training. Taiwan won't take reciprocal tariffs against US, will remove trade barriers Boss uses a recruiter-approved coffee cup test in every interview ...

Police have shot a dog – described by a local councillor as an “XL bully type dog” – after it injured two people in Newtownards. Officers responded to reports of a dog that attacked a man ...

A man was found dead in a garden after being mauled by up to four dogs, two of which were XL bullies, as he visited a relative’s home to feed their pets while they were in hospital, an inquest ...

and banned from keeping any animals for 15 years after a judge described his lack of care for his dogs as “absolutely appalling”. Vasyl Fedoryn (41), a Ukrainian with Irish citizenship ...

JACK Fincham is studying to become a dog trainer - weeks after dodging prison over his Cane Corso's attack. Jack admitted being in charge of a dangerously out-of-of control dog at Southend ...

Description These medium-growing deciduous trees grow up to 60 feet tall, with a canopy up to 70 feet wide and a trunk circumference of up to 40 feet around. Leaves are green with 2-5 deep lobes.

but a leading dog behavioural specialist has warned about the downsides of doing so. Irish dogs have been seen wearing clothes, being pushed around in buggies or transported around in knapsack ...

I remember the signs in the windows that said ‘No Irish or dogs‘. I didn’t want to live in a country that took that attitude towards me or mine – though it was not fired by deep feelings ...

Playgrounds are “hotspots” for dangerous parasites found in dog poop, according to new Irish research that has led to zoologists calling for more bins and better signage to protect children.

Ian Maloney, who was once nicknamed 'Mad Dog', faces a final stretch in jail after admitting his role in a shooting incident at a rival's home. He's a former gangster who has told a court that he ...