{"id":15258,"date":"2020-06-24T09:47:50","date_gmt":"2020-06-24T13:47:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=15258"},"modified":"2020-06-24T12:10:08","modified_gmt":"2020-06-24T16:10:08","slug":"two-statues-of-luke-kelly-in-dublin-are-vandalized-overnight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=15258","title":{"rendered":"Two Statues Of Luke Kelly In Dublin Are Vandalized Overnight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/2.54285240.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/2.54285240.jpg 600w, https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/2.54285240-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>Two statues of Luke Kelly have been vandalized overnight in Dublin city.<\/p>\n<p>White paint was thrown on the marble bust on Sheriff Street at around 11pm last night, the sixth time it has been damaged.<\/p>\n<p>The other statue of The Dubliners singer on South King Street was also covered in white paint.<\/p>\n<p>Both statues were unveiled in January 2019, to mark the 35th anniversary of Kelly\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<p>Culture Minister Josepha Madigan condemned the damage to the statues.<\/p>\n<p>She tweeted: \u201cBoth states vandalized. This is a disgrace.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cObviously a small minority of people have no respect for the memory of one of our cultural icons. Words fail me at this time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Garda\u00ed said no arrests have been made in connection with the latest incident and investigations are ongoing.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-15258\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=15258&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-15258\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=15258&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-google-plus-1\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-google-15258\" class=\"share-google-plus-1 sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=15258&amp;share=google-plus-1\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Google+\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=15258\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to print (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two statues of Luke Kelly have been vandalized overnight in Dublin city. White paint was thrown on the marble bust on Sheriff Street at around 11pm last night, the sixth time it has been damaged. 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