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Gardaí stop driver carrying 30 sheep in trailer with three wheels

‘You won’t pull the wool over our eyes,’ gardaí said after escorting trailer into field

An image from gardaí shows the ewes in the back of a three wheel trailer
An image from gardaí shows the ewes in the back of a three wheel trailer
Sun Feb 26 2017 - 15:22

Gardaí have stopped a driver in Co Wicklow for carrying 30 sheep in a three-wheeled trailer.

“You won’t pull the wool over our eyes,” gardaí said in a tweet, alongside an image of the overloaded trailer.

They escorted the trailer back into a nearby field and added that the driver was left feeling rather “sheepish” after the incident.

Meanwhile gardaí in Greystones have rescued a micropig found in Kilcoole, Co Wicklow.

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They are hoping Twitter users can come up with some funny captions for the photograph.