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AA Roadwatch had to issue an excellent Twitter clarification about a cat

#SaveTheM8Cat.

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A NAIL-BITING saga was played out on the M8 motorway in Tipperary this morning.

It all began with this relatively innocent tweet from AA Roadwatch:

TIPPERARY: There is a cat on the M8 Cork/Dublin Rd in the median northbound before J11 Cahir South. Take extra care.
— The AA Ireland (@aaroadwatch) July 17, 2014

AA Roadwatch / Twitter

This was an obvious cause for concern, but nothing to worry about if you weren’t on the M8 around Cahir.

But then came this follow-up tweet:

TIPPERARY: A cat has been cleared on the M8 Cork /Dublin Rd northbound before J11 Cahir South.
— The AA Ireland (@aaroadwatch) July 17, 2014

AA Roadwatch / Twitter

Cleared?

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This caused widespread confusion and concern.

@aaroadwatch eh...cleared? For takeoff? Was it alive?
— Inkie (@Cookiiedivine) July 17, 2014

Miss Divine / Twitter

Especially after AA clarified that it WAS a cat. (Not a misspelled car, as some people assumed.)

@aaroadwatch eeew #splat
— Pat B (@patsieb) July 17, 2014

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Finally, AA came to everyone’s rescue and reassured people that the cat was fine.

TIPPERARY: Just to reassure cat-lovers by "cleared" we mean removed safely from the road.
— The AA Ireland (@aaroadwatch) July 17, 2014

AA Roadwatch / Twitter

Whew. Thanks guys. Pats on the back all round.

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AA Roadwatch had to issue an excellent Twitter clarification about a cat

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