There will be no live animals featured in the Christmas Nativity crib outside the Mansion House for the first time in 27 years.
Since it was first introduced in 1995 outside the Mayor's residence, the life-size stable has had donkeys, goats and sheep, drawing in large crowds each year. On Thursday, Green party Lord Mayor Caroline Conroy brought forward a motion calling for live animals to be removed from the nativity to Dublin City Council, which was supported by the protocol committee.
Lord Mayor Conroy has confirmed that while the nativity scene will still go up for the Christmas festivities this year, it won't feature live animals. However, several Fine Gael councillors have put forward a motion for next month's council meeting calling for the crib to be placed elsewhere in the capital.
