A family of sheep farmers conducted a heroic rescue of their sheep herd after the animals became buried in deep snow in Ireland’s Galtee Mountains following this week’s freezing weather (end12January2025).

While the rest of us were hiding indoors with a mug of tea and cosy blankets, these Munster farmers and their dogs were working hard to rescue sheep that had been buried under heavy snowdrifts. Videos show hill sheep farmers in the Galtee Mountains locating and digging out the buried sheep using shovels,