A Co Tyrone native who has gained an enormous social media following for his work rescuing road dogs in Thailand acquired an amazing response at a Dublin park this week.
Niall Harbison, who was born in East Tyrone earlier than later shifting to Brussels after which Dublin, has operated a canine rescue centre on a Thai island which is home to 1000’s of stray dogs.
After arranging a meetup in Phoenix Park on a visit home to Dublin this week, Niall couldn’t imagine when the large crowd gathered for what was presupposed to be a small canine walking group.
A video posted on Niall’s social media accounts confirmed the swathes of people that turned as much as greet him, impressed by his work to deal with dogs in Thailand.
“I’m speechless at the people who turned out for a dog walk tonight in Dublin,” Niall tweeted.
“People instructed me they got here from Kerry, Donegal and even one woman from Germany simply to hitch.
“There’s a lot of love and good in the world still.”
Having moved to Brussels at an early age the place his father labored as a diplomat, Niall later moved to Dublin and labored as a chef earlier than founding profitable social media corporations Simply Zesty and Lovin Dublin.
Following a number of bouts of alcoholism and despair, Niall says he realised he wanted one thing to be obsessed with and serving to to feed the 1000’s of dogs on Koh Samui was that.
“I started with just three or four dogs on my own and it just started growing from there and I think it’s capturing people’s imaginations because there’s so much doom and gloom around,” Niall instructed Belfast Live in an interview earlier this yr.
“It’s onerous to grasp until you’ve been right here, they’re hanging exterior the store and the pub and it’s very onerous to get your head round.
“I live on Koh Samui, a small enough island and there are 10,000 stray dogs on this one island alone – they’re everywhere.”
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