A man prosecuted in relation to a dog which attacked a child in an Enniscorthy housing estate last year was brought briefly before Wexford Circuit Court.

It will be illegal to own an XL bully from February 1 2024 unless the animal is on an exempt list, called the Index of Exempted Dogs.

American bully XL owners now have to apply for an exemption to keep their dogs before a ban comes into force on 1 February next year. Don Valley MP Nick Fletcher said the legislation was the right thing to do.

An owner whose XL Bully and Rottweiler attacked people in Thamesmead will fight to stop her dogs being destroyed, a court heard.