The iconic statue has stood in the city centre since 1988. The Molly Malone statue is currently boarded up for restoration. Photos taken of the statue today, October 3, show it boarded up with signs saying cleaning and restoration is taking place. This is likely to do with tourist touching wearing down the statue, particularly […]

6 months ago

By Katy Thornton Let’s just hope she doesn’t face the same level of defacement as our own Molly Malone. Irish pub The Dubliner, based in Boston, has really committed to the bit and installed a piece of Dublin landscape we are all too familiar with – a replica statue of Molly Malone. The bronze statue […]

2 years ago

By Fiona Frawley The statue has been vandalised twice in as many weeks. After years of being rubbed up by many a tourist, in the last fortnight Molly Malone’s front has been painted black and written over in green marker. Following the initial slathering of black paint Dublin City Council had stepped in to clean the statue, […]

2 years ago

Alive, alive oh no. The iconic Molly Malone statue in Dublin city centre has been painted by vandals overnight. The statue located on Suffolk Street on the south side of the city, which hordes of tourists flock to see daily, had its chest covered in black paint. In a statement, Dublin City Council confirmed the […]

2 years ago

Alive alive-o!

11 years ago

Dublin City BID have been keeping people abreast of the situation…

12 years ago