A 29-year-old Dublin woman has been sent forward for trial to the Central Criminal Court accused of engaging in a sex act with a Rottweiler cross breed dog but she cannot be named in media coverage, a judge has ordered. The woman is accused of a single offence contrary to section 61 of the 1861 Offences Against the Person Act. Judge John Lindsay granted an order sending the woman forward for trial to the Central Criminal Court. Interim reporting restrictions preventing the media from identifying the accused were imposed when the case first came before the district court in June. Although there was no legislative provision, the court had discretion to impose reporting restrictions, Mr Collier said.

Source: Irish Examiner September 10, 2021 15:44 UTC