Professor Noel Fitzpatrick was in town today and leapt into action when he found a swan wandering around the streets of Dublin, and was good enough to guide him back to the canal.
The video, which was posted to his Twitter account, shows Professor Fitzpatrick running alongside the swan and - after a while - bringing the swan in his jacket to the canal, where it happily jumped back in the water.
On route to the next interview in Dublin this afternoon and we came across this poor confused fella who was stuck in the middle of the main road. Having experienced many Swan rescues down the years I knew I could help... mission accomplished...now happy and safe at home x pic.twitter.com/wXoOIk8JKP
— Noel Fitzpatrick (@ProfNoelFitz) November 6, 2018