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Ballybane Dog Pound wardens Tom Costello and John Cooley have responsibility for everything from dog barking complaints to neglect in Galway city. The amount and types of complaints vary, so Tom and John are out in the city from 10:30am to 1:00pm and back out again until 4pm. In the summer they also focus on the cities beaches and license checking is a daily occurrence.

Dogs have always held a special place in the hearts and minds of rural dwellers in the West of Ireland. The author of a letter dated 5th February 1847 and published in the Dublin Weekly Register reflected on the habit of country folk keeping one or two dogs in their cabins and the affection people had for their canine lodgers.