Eoghan McDermott duped by ‘friendly grandmother’ into buying pooch from puppy farm
When RTÉ presenter Eoghan McDermott put a picture on his Instagram holding the puppy he had recently bought, the backlash was swift and furious.Critics were concerned that posting a picture of a cute puppy bought online would only encourage followers to search for a similar dog and fuel Ireland’s puppy trade.The 2FM Breakfast Show host said he bought the dog after a year-long search of shelters failed to find him and partner Aoife Melia a pet.And Eoghan said, after posting a picture of Rua, he was disappointed to learn, too late, that he had been duped by a ‘friendly grandmother’ who passed off a puppy-farmed dog as a family-born pet and who passed all of the ‘tells’ he was advised to watch out for.‘It was pre the “COVID dog explosion” and