Emergency services were called to the family home at around 4pm, where they found the boy suffering life-threatening injuries.
The boy was rushed to Tallaght University Hospital but was later transferred to Children’s Health Ireland at Crumlin, where he died on Monday.
No one else in the property was injured.
After the incident, the dogs were taken away and put to sleep.
Gardaí said they are treating it as a ‘tragic incident’ but were investigating all the circumstances surrounding the attack.Protect Your Dogs Paws in the Winter with Vaseline. If you don’t have any paw balm, and if your dog doesn’t like wearing boots, you can use some Vaseline to help protect your dogs paws in the winter.
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