Missing dog rescued from Donegal island cliff after two weeks

“We are really happy to have her back,” Ms Recinos Ralda told BBC News NI.

“She is completely fine, just a bit skinnier.”

She added: “I just want a big shout out to Arranmore people and everybody involved. They are just amazing; they are heroes.”

Ms Recinos Ralda, who is originally from Germany, is spending the summer in Ireland with her husband and four young children.

She was on a day trip to Arranmore Island with her children and some friends when Mali picked up a scent and ran off.

“We think it was a rabbit,” the dog owner explained.

“She kind of full-force pulled the leash out of my hand, and she stormed inland on the island, and she was gone.”

After spending some time looking for Mali, the family returned to their accommodation and put out a public appeal to find her.

“We went home, and it felt very gloomy, very weird the first night without her. I felt like I left her behind,” Ms Recinos Ralda said.

“I felt pretty helpless and a bit hopeless.”