A Dublin man has been hospitalised after being attacked by a venomous snake.
The 22-year-old, who was bitten by an African puff adder, is currently in Connolly Hospital.
The hospital reached out to the National Reptile Zoo in Kilkenny for the anti-venom.
But director James Hennessy said that it will have to be imported from the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine in the UK, RTE reports.
Mr Hennessy added that there is a shortage of anti-venom internationally.
The patient is believed to have been bitten by a privately-kept snake.
The Africa puff adder is a venomous viper species found in savannah and grasslands.
Puff adder bites account for more deaths than any other snake in Africa.
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