OPW claims it took all necessary precautions in setting up live crib at centre of controversy

Children at the official opening of the live crib at The Summer House in St Stephen’s Green, Dublin, last December. The crib became a political flashpoint before Christmas when Dublin's Lord Mayor and Green Party councillor Caroline Conroy announced that she was cancelling the live crib outside the Mansion House.  File photo: Gareth Chaney/ Collins Photos

The Office of Public Works (OPW) says that it took all necessary precautions when putting a live crib in St Stephen's Green, despite no records of it making contact with Dublin City Council's conservation office.

The crib became a political flashpoint before Christmas when Dublin's Lord Mayor and Green Party councillor Caroline Conroy announced that she was cancelling the live crib outside the Mansion House.