Dog laws in Ireland

The W/E seen me down in West Cork at our little bolt hole Our dogs, 4 Standard Smooth Dachshunds love it down there. They like us tend to relax more in the rural setting where we are to be found most week ends, that is unless we are travelling the country to one of the many Dog Shows, held under licence of The Irish Kennel Club On Saturday evening, we took 2 of the dogs for a nice walk. The scene, a lovely evening, 2 content owners walking 2 very content dogs, along a country road, which is not wide enough for 2 cars to pass. Ahead in the distance walking towards us is a lady with 2 Springer Spaniels that are off lead. I didn't get a good feeling from this point on, so decided to turn and head back in the direction we had came from. Before I knew it the 2 spaniels were at our heels snapping at our 2 dogs. Our 2 were on leads, and were desperately trying to get away. I managed to convince the spaniels to head back the way that they had came, and shouted back to…