Possible Clues:

• Dogged enough to find some type of work with the Irish Times
• Is he fixing the hair of the dog?
• The dog for me
• A type of dog you'd expect to find in the Irish Times
• The type of 13 across one might find in the Irish Times?
• Dog trained to point at game
• Hunting companion, maybe
• That's the type of dog you might find at the Irish Times
• Thy servant a dog
• A dog trained to stand still when it scents game