A haulage company has said it is disgusted and annoyed that its photoshoot on a road in Co Kerry has been the subject of online criticism.
The footage shows three of McAuliffe Trucking Company's articulated lorries driving abreast of each other across both sides of a single-carriageway road.
The trucks are driving in the same direction across both lanes of the N21 Tralee to Limerick road, near Castleisland.
In a statement on behalf of the Castleisland-based company, organiser Davy Corkery said the photoshoot was organised to promote a charity truck run, which he plans to organise before Christmas.
Mr Corkery, who is a manager with the company, accepted that the road had not been closed by gardaí during the photoshoot, but he insisted that company staff had acted as marshals, stopping traffic while the photoshoot had been in progress.
He claimed he had permission from gardaí to do this.
Mr Corkery said he was affiliated to the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health, a chartered body for health and safety professionals, which qualified him to conduct a risk assessment on this event.
He said he conducted this risk assessment and classified the risk as "medium".
Mr Corkery described those who criticised the photoshoot as "begrudgers".
