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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
National
Orlaith Clinton

'I could've been planning my child's funeral': Irish mum's anger after dog attacks daughter

A Co Antrim mother has spoken out in anger after a dog attacked her young daughter and her grandad on Saturday.

Aine McCann's dad had taken her two children, aged three and five, to Yorkgate to enjoy an afternoon at mini-golf, when a dog latched onto her child's neck.

Dragging the youngster to the ground, the child's grandfather wrestled with it to get it off her, sustaining significant injuries to his arms.

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