By Elizabeth Lee
A SIX-YEAR-OLD boy underwent emergency surgery after he was savagely attacked by his family’s Pitbull terrier yesterday evening in Carlow town.
The little boy had been playing in the garden at around 6pm in the area known as The Plots in Carlow town, when the dog turned on him and attacked him. A neighbour who heard the attack ran to the child’s aid and managed to get the dog away from him.
Gardaí were the first to arrive at the scene and administered first-aid. Paramedics then arrived and, after assessing the situation, the boy was airlifted to Temple Street Hospital, Dublin.