on Sheriff Street in Dublin may have to be moved if vandalism continues, a local councillor has said.has opposed the idea of moving the statue but, after it was vandalised for a fifth time on Friday, he said all options had to be on the table.
“Although the Garda are monitoring the situation, we need to reflect and see if it’s worth having a statue there, or do we need to look at having it moved,” he said. “I think now we need to reassess it.” Mr Flynn said he visited the statue on Friday and had spoken to gardaí in Store Street station about the situation. “It’s disgraceful and ridiculous where we see a statue of one of the most well-known people from the area is being vandalised continuously,” he said.
“We won’t continue to spend the money to remove the graffiti – it costs money every time for a specialised crew to come out and clean the graffiti.” “This is money that could be diverted into community services,” Mr Flynn said, adding that budgets are likely to be under pressure due to the fallout from the pandemic.
Not the first time Luke was wrecked
Looks like the head from Art Attack
So disappointing
Have they never heard of cctv..its a new fangled thing..🤦♂️
They really should move that
Fool me once shame on you Fool me twice shame on me Fool me 5 times? Move it It's a white elephant & it's hidious imo
Will someone move it at last ?!
There is Anti-Graffiti Paint you can buy and the paint just wipes off or falls to the floor where you can have a drain to simply drip away.
Bust of luke in finding the culprits! 😲
They should've made a tall standing statue like the Phil Lynott one and place it in an area with CCTV. This big sculpture head is not attractive monument in any area. I mean I'm sure Luke Kelly had a body. Even Molly Malone has one. A proper decent monument should be made.
I wonder if Luke has been born in, say Nutley Avenue, would that sculpture have been placed there? It is not an attractive piece. It attracts attention in a negative way
Awful! It's a tribute to someone. Respect
Bowsies!
Would it not be cheaper put security camera at it and see who is doing the damage to it, and jail the Scummy fuckers
Perhaps Sheriff street just is there yet.....
Don't agree it should be vandalised. But it is an awful ugly sculpture.
They need to move it to a safe location. I think it's awful but no one has the right to vandalize it.
Motion detection eye lasers. Do it.
How many times will it be vandalized before it’s moved? No disrespect,but it’s a giant floating head.Who doesn’t know that this would attract vandals,messers and thugs ?
Time to move it to out of that area to somewhere it’ll be appreciated!
Move it somewhere where it will be appreciated
In fairness, if that was on my street when I was a kid, it'd have been fair game to wreck it. It's a joke of a sculpture to a great artist.
I love Luke Kelly but hate that bloody statue. There, I said it. I'll await the hate.
Why is this happening,is there no cameras
What about giving him glasses for good? It's all they ever draw?
That’s disgraceful
Stop reporting on it so they don’t get the air time.
murchadhmor
I think it’s time it was taken away from there altogether. It obvious that’s it’s not appreciated where it is.
What else would you expect the locals are dirtbags
Just move it at this stage. Even if they do find the people vandalising the statue, what exactly are they going to do!? Nothing!
Funny though, there's a statue in Fairview Park not too far away from Luke and it lives a charmed life altogether. I refer of course to the statue of Sinn Fein Nazi, Sean Russell. Maybe Sinn Fein has a permanent guard on it.
By disrespecting the locals with unsubstantiated comments of blame. You are being further disrespectful to Luke Kelly, as he must be turning in his grave the way people are talking about the area and neighbours he was raised in and tremendously proud of.
Toppa da Spire for cool hand Luke - facing Sheriff St.
Is this near where DublinCityCouncil plans to put a white water rafting amenity?
Very sad mind less idiots
Why does anyone do this? Luke Kelly was a true Dub we all treasured.,This saddens so many. Catch the hooligan who has done this- gaol and a heavy fine may stop this wanton vandalism
Take the bloody thing away.
idiots
It must be fairly obvious at this stage that the people of Sheriff Street don't appreciate a bit of art work. Perhaps move it to the south side.
Sadly it's gonna happen! You put a head that size anywhere public in Dublin and it's gonna happen.
Move it somewhere else, complete rubbish the people saying ‘it’s not locals’ who are defacing it. No respect
Surely if this is a monument it should be given a more raised up platform?
The sculpture itself is an act of vandalism.
I think the glasses suit him
They should hang a pair of work boots around the statue's neck. The won't go near it again
Take the god dam sculpture away & put it somewhere it will be respected & won't cost the tax payer 1000s for the council to keep cleaning it up
Ironically likely done by someone drunk.
Relocate.....simples
Take it off em. They obviously don't like nice things there.
Next time put not beside Sherif street where all junky’s lives ;) u wanna proper space for this go for other side of river, knackers never know what is art
Mmm sounds like time for some high voltage fencing, cctv cameras and a TV show 😀
theskibeagle Could it be that people don’t like it? Luke Kelly is a legend in Dublin, and even 36 yrs dead, people in the North Inner City have a lot of pride in him. The other statue isn’t great either, tbh, but it’s a lot better than this. This looks like something from a Macnas parade.
Move it to somewhere else.
Camera necessary on it so culprits can be found
I was only down there a few days ago and theres a huge camera pointed staright at the statue, i think its now time its moved to stop further damage
This is why we can't have nice things...or terrifying giant heads...
Scumbags don’t deserve a piece of art like it.
Noticeboxes Rule Ok
They need to get rid of that Statue 🙄 either move it somewhere else or replace it with a more normal looking one.
De people o’ de North side is de salt o’ de eart, dey is.
Maybe this will become part of its appeal. Luke Kelly was rough and ready, who knows individuals like him are causing this.
Surely some kind of cctv needs to be installed to put a halt to this mindless vandalism
Maybe if you stop writing a news article about it every time it won't incentivise people to keep doing it
Hey pmacdublin you’re up.... again!
The money spent on cleaning it Everytime and the damage it is causing to the sculpture is completely avoidable. Put it up on a high pedestal folks and fence it.
Dirty dole spongers of sheriff st again... filthy animals each and every one of them.
Fifth time? Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me.
Jesus it's an awful piece of art. Should have taken a sledge hammer to it.
Time to move it and put it up high so they cant reach it
Very sad a local icon is treated this way 😞
Anything would improve it.
One of their own, a great artist, who died aged just 44 of a brain tumour (not alcoholism) ... why would people keep defacing this tribute to him?
Relocate it once and for all... delinquents with nothing better to do!
Replace it with a less ridiculous statue that won't get vandalized as much.
Good, the glorification of alcoholism isn't a fitting example of what Dublin should celebrate m
Ah leave it out
What joy would anyone possibly get from doing this? 😳😡
It’s awful that people are vandalising it. No excuse. It’s a bloody eyesore though
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