According to recent newspaper and radio reports, from September 2015 all puppies will require to be microchipped and from March 2016 all dogs will have to be microchipped.

See www.irishtimes.com/news/environment/dog-microchipping-to-be-compulsory-coveney-says-1.211133

It would be wonderful if this meant that all found dogs would be quickly re-united with their owners – we are all volunteers here on www.lostdogs.ie and we love to hear of dogs being reunited with their owners