Limerick bus driver adorably stops bus route to rescue a hedgehog

Not all heroes wear capes.

Thu, 11 May, 2017 - 13:11

Anna O’Donoghue

A Limerick bus driver has received a massive bualadh bos from passengers after stopping his bus mid-route to rescue a hedgehog.

According to Limerick Leader journalist Maria Flannery, he stopped in Castletroy to save the “little creature” as he struggled to “mount the kerb”.

"The little thing would certainly have been killed tonight, unable to find a gap in the concrete walls, had an un-caped hero not swooped in," she tweeted.

The unnamed driver, who drives the Citylink City to Airport route, carried the hedgehog to a nearby ditch where he couldn’t run out onto the road again.

Onboard @citylinkireland to airport when we stop in Castletroy, ahead of a small hedgehog who runs to the side but struggles to mount kerb..
— Maria Flannery (@mariaflan) May 9, 2017

The driver hops out, lovingly scoops up the little creature, and sets him down in a hedge where he can't run out again. Passengers coo.
— Maria Flannery (@mariaflan) May 9, 2017

The little thing would certainly have been killed tonight, unable to find a gap in the concrete walls, had an un-caped hero not swooped in.
— Maria Flannery (@mariaflan) May 9, 2017