‘Care, don’t scare’: West Cork doctor honoured with scarecrow double at Leap festival

A lifelike scarecrow of West Cork’s Dr Jason van der Velde has become the star of Leap’s annual Halloween festival — spreading a vital message about emergency response

As emergency consultants go, he is "outstanding in his field".

And the same could be said for West Cork's Dr Jason van der Velde's scarecrow doppelganger — with the popular medic posing alongside it for a photocall with a difference this week at the Leap Scarecrow Festival.