Dublin’s Molly Malone statue vandalised for third time in two months

The Molly Malone statue successful Dublin’s metropolis centre has been vandalised for a 3rd clip successful 2 months.

The bronze statue connected Suffolk St, Dublin, had greenish penning scrawled crossed its thorax with the words “Please don’t, TY [thank you]” connected Sunday.

Last month, achromatic overgarment was doubly daubed successful abstracted incidents connected the statue’s chest. On 1 of the occasions the phrase, “7 Years Bad Luck” appeared.

Dublin City Council, which looks aft monuments crossed the metropolis centre, had to person the bronze plating repaired connected that occasion.

The statue is fashionable with tourists who are encouraged to hitch the statue’s thorax for bully luck by question guides. The vandalism whitethorn beryllium related to section absorption to the practice.

A erstwhile lord politician has called connected the assembly to determination the statue.

Dublin northbound interior metropolis Independent Cllr Christy Burke said: “Molly Malone statue has present been spray painted 3 times implicit the past fewer months. It’s clip to alteration the determination of the statue.”

A erstwhile incidental of vandalism saw '7 years atrocious luck' scrawled connected the Molly Malone statue connected Suffolk St, Dublin. Photograph: Gareth Chaney/Collins Photos.

He said the assembly needs to determination the statue to a much “secure spot”. Cllr Burke believes the grounds of Mansion House connected Dawson St would beryllium a “safe location” owed to it being a engaged country and wherever determination are “numerous” CCTV cameras.

The statue archetypal appeared 35 years agone connected Grafton St successful 1988 but was aboriginal moved to Suffolk St to marque mode for Luas enactment configurations.

In a connection gardaí said they had “no statement” connected the vandalism and that “Dublin City Council should beryllium capable to supply accusation connected this”.

Molly Malone has been moved from the bottommost of Grafton Street to facilitate the operation of the caller Luas transverse metropolis line. She is undergoing a restoration owed to the sizeable deterioration and teardrop since her installation successful 1988. Video: Bryan O'Brien