The crib will be open to the public up until Christmas Eve

A sum of €8,800 was spent by Dublin City Council on secondary glazing to better noise-proof and insulate windows in the Lord Mayor’s bedroom, work carried out by Timeless Sash Windows.

Speaking on RTÉ radio’s News at One, Cllr Conroy said that while the live crib had been “great to look at” and had been well organised by the IFA and the DSPCA, it had not been fully interactive with children having to look at the animals from a distance.