Father Ted star ditches the tea pot to knit woolly jumpers for battery hens

Pauline McLynn, better known as Mrs Doyle from Father Ted, has joined a campaign to knit jumpers for featherless hens that have been rescued from battery farms.

Thu, 20 Nov, 2014 - 00:00

Pete Towe

Last year, LittleHill Animal Rescue and Sanctuary in County Kildare rescued 7,000 hens from slaughter, and "re-homed them all around Ireland".

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Courts Animals EV - ANIMAL LIFE Place: County Kildare Place: Ireland Person: Father Ted Person: Pauline McLynn Person: Doyle Person: Ted Person: Pauline Person: Susan Anderson Person: Susan Organisation: LittleHill Animal Rescue and Sanctuary Organisation: RTÉ Organisation: LittleHill

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