Building work at a site in Dublin was temporarily brought to halt today - by a scorpion.

The alarm was raised when the unexpected visitor crawled out of a delivery of sinks at a site on Baggot Street.

Only a handful of Scorpion species are deadly, but many of them can deliver a nasty sting.

The ISPCA has called in experts to identify the creature, and it's also looking for a suitable home for it.

It's thought the animal may have come from Turkey.

Gillian Bird of the ISPCA says they don't usually get calls from building sites: