The owner of two Alsatian dogs was fined €800 yesterday after a court heard how the animals attacked and bit two women.
Trinette Larkin, of Countess Road, Killarney, was convicted by Judge Humphrey Kelleher under the Control of Dogs Act.
Killarney District Court heard how Ms Margaret O'Sullivan, of Countess Grove, was walking along Countess Road at around 3 p.m. on March 31st last year when she was attacked by the dogs. She was knocked to the ground and both animals began biting her on the arms and legs.
A report of her injuries was submitted to the court.
Garda Insp Pat O'Sullivan told how a second woman, Ms Miriam O'Sullivan Darcy, arrived on the scene.
The two Alsatians then turned on her, pinned her against a gate and bit her on the thigh.
Larkin pleaded guilty to the charges relating to failure to have the dogs accompanied, under control or on leash, and securely muzzled in a public place.
Mr Louis O'Connell, solicitor for Larkin, told the court there was "an unfortunate set of circumstances". Larkin owned a premises with her husband on the Countess Road. They had the dogs within a compound. "A third party must have opened the gates . . . there was no malice involved," Mr O'Connell said.