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10th May 2017
01:59pm BST
One Limerick bus driver has been hailed as a hero after he saved a hedgehog on his bus route yesterday.
The Limerick Leader reports that the Citylink driver pulled over in Castletroy to save the tiny animal, who was struggling to mount the kerb at the side of the road.
Onboard @citylinkireland to airport when we stop in Castletroy, ahead of a small hedgehog who runs to the side but struggles to mount kerb..
— Maria Flannery (@mariaflan) May 9, 2017
According to Twitter user @mariaflan, the driver hopped out, lovingly scooped up the little creature, and set him back down in a safer hedge - away from the busy road.
The driver hops out, lovingly scoops up the little creature, and sets him down in a hedge where he can't run out again. Passengers coo.
— Maria Flannery (@mariaflan) May 9, 2017
The little thing would certainly have been killed tonight, unable to find a gap in the concrete walls, had an un-caped hero not swooped in.
— Maria Flannery (@mariaflan) May 9, 2017
The anonymous Citylink driver was transporting passengers from Limerick to Dublin Airport when he stopped the bus to save the little animal.
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