Animal rights organisation NARA has slammed the resurrection of the live animal crib, describing the move as "insulting".
Lord Mayor and Green Party Councillor Caroline Conroy sparked a major controversy after announcing the Mansion House would no longer host a live animal crib this Christmas, bringing an apparent end to a decades long tradition. The crib, consisting of animals such as donkeys and sheep, was brought to Dublin each year by the Irish Farmer’s Association.
However, Dublin City Council announced last week that a permanent end to the attraction had been revoked. The tradition has now found a new home, just a few hundred metres away from the Mansion House, in St Stephen's Green.
