A horse charity has appealed for help in finding two of its Shetland ponies — both of whom have been specially trained to work with children with special needs.

Tyson. Source: Holly's Horse Haven

Holly’s Horse Haven in County Louth issued an appeal to find Tyson and Bam Bam who went missing after they were borrowed by what they thought was a charity organisation’s foster home.

Bam Bam. Source: Holly's Horse Haven

Elaine Duffy is the co-founder of Holly’s Horse Haven and Mandy Kavanagh whose son Andrew attends Holly’s joined Jonathan Healy on Lunchtime today to appeal for the safe return of the ponies.

Elaine stated: "It's really, really important that we can trace or catch up with where they have gone. We were told they were stolen. I want to really, really stress that if somebody has bought the ponies in all innocence off whoever it is that took them, then we won't take them off them.

"We would ensure that they're safe and they're ok but we wouldn't want to cause stress to any children or anything if they families have bought them in good faith."

"The two of them are very friendly, and know their names, both come to their names."

Here is the full interview with Jonathan Healy: