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Dublin's Molly Malone statue should be protected to prevent members of the public from "violating" it by groping the ...
Stewards have been stationed next to the Molly Malone statue in Dublin to discourage people from touching it. The city's council is running the pilot scheme after it received complaints about ...
The life-size statue was erected to commemorate the central figure of “Molly Malone” or “Cockles and Mussels,” a song belted out during St. Patrick’s Day celebrations around the world.
A famous Dublin statue of a mythical fishmonger should be protected from the groping hands of tourists and passersby, says a young woman campaigning to protect her. Tilly Cripwell is in her final ...
Dublin's Molly Malone statue should be protected to prevent members of the public from "violating" it by groping the sculpture's breasts, a campaigner has said.
Molly Malone statue unstable and only held in place by two pins due to ‘abuse’ on a ‘daily basis’, council report finds. Statue in Dublin has multiple broken fittings, inspection shows.
Molly Malone's statue is a popular Dublin tourist attraction PICTURE: SOPHIE CLARKE . By Sophie Clarke. April 05, 2025 at 6:00am BST. WHEN I was little my mum used to sing to me.
In the case of Molly Malone’s statue, her chest above her low-cut top is discoloured due to the amount of people touching that part of the statue. The statue, located on Suffolk Street, was ...
Molly Malone is a statue not a human being - not everything has to be seen through the prism of victimhood She's not actually real, so she doesn't need a steward to protect her from tourists ...
A famous statue in Dublin has been assigned a security detail in an effort to stop tourists from squeezing its breasts. Molly Malone, a fictional fisherman’s wife who serves as an unofficial ...
Dublin City Council told CNN in an email April 2 that it has “received complaints about members of the public particularly tourists touching the Molly Malone statue” and intends to take action.