Surprise early morning visitor in Tara...

A Tara woman had an unexpected guest in her dining room last week when a jeep pulling a horsebox ended up in her porch and dining area. Rose Clarke from Ross got an early morning shock on Wednesday morning of last week, as did the driver of the jeep and his passenger, when black ice caused the jeep to crash through her front hedge and into her house. Mrs Clarke uses the extended porch as a dining room, but luckily was at the other end of the house when the collision occurred, badly damaging both the porch and the jeep. Two horses which were travelling in a horsebox attached to the jeep escaped unharmed. The horsebox and the jeep became separated in the collision. The driver, from the Rathmolyon area, and his passenger, also escaped serious injury in the crash.