Call for common sense to prevail in row over Dublin’s live animal crib

Children from St Josephs Nursery school meet the animals during the opening of the Irish Farmers Association Live Animal Crib at the Mansion House in Dublin (Niall Carson/PA)

A Government minister has called for common sense to prevail in a row over whether Dublin city’s live animal crib should take place this Christmas.

It emerged over the weekend that the live animal crib would not be set up outside the Mansion House, the Lord Mayor of Dublin’s residence, as has been tradition for 25 years.