Fossett's Circus makes Liveline appeal as four 'globe of death' bikes stolen from Big Top

Fossett’s Circus have made a desperate plea to the public in Dublin and across Ireland after four motorbikes used in the ‘globe of death’ stunt were stolen in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

Ireland’s National Circus, that has been running since 1888, made the appeal on social media on Wednesday afternoon saying the four bikes were “Not only stolen from us but stolen from some great guys of doing their job and what they love most the globe of death!”.

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Edward Fossett also made an appeal on Liveline, where he told host Kieran Cuddihy the four bikes were seen being walked across the road from the circus by four young men.

“Last night at about 3.20am, four of our motorcycles were stolen, for our main attraction in the show the ‘globe of death’ so I’m just trying to get in touch with people to make an appeal and see if anybody has any information attached to the incident, so we can retrieve the bikes and get the act back into the show.

The four Honda CRF 125 motorbikes, which cost approximately €4,000 each, were stolen from Whitehall, Collins Avenue in Dublin.

Edward explained that the bikes are relatively new and have LED lights on them so they would be an “unusual bike to see knocking around”.

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“People should look out for red and white bikes. They’re covered in LEDs so if anybody saw anyone driving around last night on a motorbike with LED lights all over them, please get in contact with us and we can forward all the information to the Gardaí to help us retrieve the bikes”.

Edward went on to say that whoever stole the bikes “certainly knew what they were coming for” as the bikes were locked in a truck inside the big top tent.

“There’s actually video of them walking the bikes across the road on Collins Avenue,” he added, “the footage was from too far away to get any facial features or anything, but they look like four young men.”

If you have any information on the stolen bikes please call 0877978518 or contact An Garda Síochána.