Live nativity crib brings the country to the city

A TRADITIONAL crib featuring live animals, meant as a gesture of goodwill from the farmers of Ireland to the people of the capital was officially opened in the forecourt of the Mansion House yesterday.

Provided by the Irish Farmers’ Association and the city council, the crib portrays a traditional nativity scene set among live animals in a specially constructed, life-sized stable.

Donkeys, sheep and goats are brought in each morning and returned to a farm on the outskirts of the city each evening.