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Minion mayhem: Giant inflatable stops traffic in Dublin

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Minion blocking the roadImage source, ERIN VAN LONDEN

A giant minion has been causing chaos in Dublin, Ireland.

The 12-metre inflatable stopped cars on a busy road after strong winds had ripped the yellow giant loose from a nearby fairground.

No one was injured with one local calling the incident "a bit of fun".

The police, with the help of passers-by, eventually managed to let the air out of the yellow inflatable and took it away in a wheelbarrow.

Minion in the fairgroundImage source, Veronica Walsh
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The minion was being used at a fairground

Minion on roadImage source, ERIN VAN LONDEN
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Nobody was injured, but traffic was stopped for 15 minutes

Police car with the MinionImage source, ERIN VAN LONDEN
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Police arrived to help

People deflate the MinionImage source, ERIN VAN LONDEN
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Passers-by helped the police to let the air out of the minion and it was taken away in a wheelbarrow