mite be no harm to ring the irish kennel club (IKC) and make sure there not on the dangerous dog list and stuff,alot of new breeds r coming into the country and r on the dangerous dog list and people dont find out this till after they have handed over a wad load of cash too and they will also be able to give u a list of breaders in ireland who is registered with them so ull be sure to get a good dog...all full pedigree dogs r prone to problems later in there life...make sure u get to see both parents of the dog and there papers to make sure they havent been inter-bred.