Gardaí are appealing dog owners in Clare to ensure their animals are secure and under control at all times.

They received a distressing report in the past week from a farmer in Newmarket-on-Fergus, who found that some of his livestock had been attacked by dogs, resulting in the a number of deaths.

Gardaí say this has been an ongoing issue for the farmer in question.

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Garda Simon Tierney from the Crime Prevention Unit has this appeal.