Live farm animals have arrived in St Stephen’s Green as part of a ‘rival’ crib to the Lord Mayor’s own Nativity scene outside the Mansion House in Dublin.
The IFA (Irish Farmers Association) and OPW Minister Patrick O’Donovan officially opened the live crib on Thursday morning, the traditional start of the Christmas season for rural communities.
Green Lord Mayor Caroline Conroy caused public uproar when she announced last month that the traditional crib outside the Mayor’s ceremonial home, the Mansion House, would have no live animals this year on animal welfare grounds.
