Luke Kelly statue vandalised

StupidLikeAFox

sabat wrote: »

And of course Christy "one of our own" Burke has to chime in with another worthless opinion about how the community was wronged, as if a gang of businessmen from Dalkey did it. He was curiously unavailable for comment when his family members were convicted of possessing weapons in the area though.

What the hell are you on about? That is not the impression I got from his statement


From the article: "Now, I'm not pointing the finger at anybody but I'm hoping that CCTV is hoping to pick up the culprit or culprits. I know that the community is outraged."

“I know that the family will be hurt and devastated tonight and I know that the community is absolutely devastated,” he said.

“I am absolutely outraged; I actually feel so disturbed inside that I am virtually shaking."

“Really and truly, I never dreamt that this would happen.”

He called on anyone in the local community with any information on the culprits to pass it on to Gardaí.

“It is a sad evening at the end of the day but we won’t give up,” he said.

“The graffiti will be removed; the community will stand together, stronger and stronger and I know that they will continue to police the Luke Kelly statue.”

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ctrl-alt-delete wrote: »

Word on the street is that a local lad called Ronnie drew it on.

Fella called John sheahan it happening.

sligojoek

ctrl-alt-delete wrote: »

Word on the street is that a local lad called Ronnie drew it on.

A good few years ago When I was well cut backstage at a Pogues gig, I got chatting to Ronnie. I told him I thought Luke was a far better singer than he was.

He said, "Well it's a good job I'm not depending on c*nts like you to make a living then." and walked off.

sligojoek

sligojoek wrote: »

A good few years ago When I was well cut backstage at a Pogues gig, I got chatting to Ronnie. I told him I thought Luke was a far better singer than he was.

He said, "Well it's a good job I'm not depending on c*nts like you to make a living then." and walked off.

haha!

No offence to you, but I actually respect him for that (still youre right, Luke Kelly was of course the better vocalist). It wasn't just his voice, it was his very authentic sound. He had soul before the rest of us knew what that meant.

Andrew00

You'd know well young lads are finished school for the summer when this stuff happens

Tends to be an increase in most towns and cities of anti social behaviour when the summer holidays come

Canis Lupus

It's an improvement if you ask me.

Chicken George

It's an awful looking thing and from a distance the sunglasses make it look better.
Weekend at bernies head on it

ILoveYourVibes

Horrible statue but it's a matter of taste etc.

fatknacker

ctrl-alt-delete wrote: »

Word on the street is that a local lad called Ronnie drew it on.

Shoulda drew a Ronnie

biko

DublinGAA says the statue is "destroyed" now.
Hyperbole and hysteria in action.

https://twitter.com/Dubs_gaa/status/1143605596370944000

OldMrBrennan83

I knew as soon as I seen a thread here that loads of people would be loving it.

The Enbalmer

Andrew00 wrote:

You'd know well young lads are finished school for the summer when this stuff happens

Yeah because they miss school terribly down sherrifer.."No more classes,Herbert.Whatever shall we do?"

whisky_galore

Terrible looking thing, like a giant latex severed head. Like something you'd see in a chamber of horrors.

I'm not a great fan of littering streetscapes with lifesize bronze statues of notables who look like they've been dipped in chocolate but this artistic atrocity is in a league of its own.

KaneToad

biko wrote: »

DublinGAA says the statue is "destroyed" now.
Hyperbole and hysteria in action.

https://twitter.com/Dubs_gaa/status/1143605596370944000

I thought Luke had red hair. Ginger suppression...

Beechwoodspark

Unfortunately I’d say it’ll be vandalized regularly from now on

Pkiernan

They should have made his hair from grass seeds like a Chia Pet

crap statue

crap area

kelly a legend

is that about it

whiskeyman

I love that statue. Something different.
Real shame as the planned Velo cycle is starting from there today I think.

I'm sure the locals are appalled also as Luke is a local hero around Sherrif St.

Always around the summer all the scrotes go mad.

padd b1975

ILoveYourVibes wrote: »

Horrible statue but it's a matter of taste etc.

Have a bit of respect.














Thousands of Brillo pads died to make that statue.

Boxing.Fan

No one blaming alt right/right wing nazis yet lol

I'm surprised....

Bob Harris

Why is there a statue of Bob Ross in Sheriff St.?

CrankyHaus

Did nobody else find the photo of the vandalised statue kind of funny?

Can't believe anyone expected the statue to go unmolested on Sherrif Street or that they don't all know who did it.

whiskeyman wrote: »

Real shame as the planned Velo cycle is starting from there today I think.

What's the story with running prestige cycles through kips, like this or running the Giro D'Italia through Balbriggan, is it to incentivise them to cycle faster just to get out of there?

Bob Harris

CrankyHaus wrote: »

Did nobody else find the photo of the vandalised statue kind of funny?

Can't believe anyone expected to statue to go unmolested on Sherrif Street or that they don't all know who did it.



What's the story with running prestige cycles through kips, like this or running the Giro D'Italia through Balbriggan, is it to incentivise them to cycle faster just to get out of there?

When you hear the shout 'ride it like you stole it' in Sheriff St. it's funny because it's true.

D3V!L

I walked past it this morning and I think its a vast improvement.

Bobblehats

padd b1975 wrote: »

Thousands of Brillo pads died to make that statue.

Hair like steel wire not even an industrial strength clippers from an african specialist barbers could tackle. He oft looked at pains from it growing out of his follicles

w/s/p/c/

I like the statue, it's something different. Was only a matter of time before it was vandalised though, regardless if he is a local legend. The filth of today just don't have respect for anything. School's out for summer, the local kids will be running amok swimming in the canal beside the statue and jumping off roof's and bridges once the weather picks up.

Hope they catch whoever did it.

evil_seed

****ty thing happens in ****ty area. Can't believe it took this long ot be honest

mikemac2

Have they blamed the IFSC workers yet? They did last time when the mountains of litter in Sheriff St was discussed

Bobblehats

Let’s not pretend that statue wasn’t asking for it. It’s almost as if Luke is crying out go on; deface me there was a way more appropriate bronze statue that would have been harder to tarnish it should have gone there

Edgware

mikemac2 wrote: »

Have they blamed the IFSC workers yet? They did last time when the mountains of litter in Sheriff St was discussed

And it's usually such a quiet area