A Shannonside farmer and sheep chair of the ICSA says there’s no point keeping the animals if dog attacks continue.

Sean McNamara from Lismacaffrey in Co. Westmeath is urging people to be mindful of their dogs after six of his sheep were killed on New Year’s Day.

A similar attack occurred just two years prior when forty ewes from his herd were lost.

The farmer is appealing for people to chip their dogs, and to report stray dogs on the roads.

Speaking to Shannonside FM, Mr McNamara says it isn’t just the initial attack that causes damage: