Cork family living in rat-infested bus will 'somersault in new home' 

Mobile home lifted into place on a site outside Blarney so that Adrian and Patrick Walsh will have somewhere safe to live this winter

Patrick and Adrian Walsh delighted with their mobile home near Blarney which was given to them by Blarney Castle Estate after they had lived in a disused old bus with no power or heating (in the backround). Pictures: Denis Minihane

A family has been saved from living in a dangerous, freezing, rat-infested bus thanks to the concerted efforts of their local community.

A five-tonne mobile home was carefully lifted into place on a site outside Blarney, Co Cork, today so that Adrian and Patrick Walsh will have somewhere safe to live this winter.