A parrot which was found at Dublin Airport, has been safely reunited with its owner.
This comes after the parrot was found by a cark park outside the airport, with authorities urging the rightful owner to get in touch.
"Two of my airport police colleagues were on a routine patrol at Dublin Airport on Easter Sunday with their dog, Jimmy, when they were alerted by two Dublin Express coach sellers to a parrot perched on one of the bins outside Terminal 1", Deputy Director of Communications of daa, Kevin Culininane said earlier this week.
"Now, one of the officers had some nuts in his pocket as it happened. So he approached the parrot and the parrot seemed to be quite hungry", he added. "We thought it was a he at the time. We subsequently think it may be a she. But the parrot was happy to eat out of his hand".
The airport even made the parrot some makeshift accommodation, by placing a brush handle in a dog crate.
Following a vet check, it was later identified as a female Alexandrine parakeet. Despite this, that did not stop staff at the airport appropriately naming her Troy, for obvious reasons.
"Our lovely lady Troy has been confirmed as a female Alexandrine parakeet after a vet check this morning", they said. "She is safe, happy and being very well looked after by the Airport Police unit, but she would really like to go home".
Now, Dublin Airport have confirmed that the parrot, whose real name is Lola, has been reunited with its owner. No, she is not a showgirl!
Thankfully, Lola was safely reunited with her owner, Gheroghe Sava.
“After being spotted near Terminal 1, cared for by Airport Police and briefly rebranded as “Troy”, she has now been reunited with her owner, Gheorghe, this evening", they said. “We were able to confirm Gheorghe was Lola’s owner through her tag number and her reaction to hearing her name".
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