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Luke Kelly
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The Mary Wallopers: ‘Folk was never supposed to be safe’
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Man (47) charged over damage to Luke Kelly statue in Dublin
Michael Dunne alleged to have sprayed statue with blue paint
Man in his 40s due in court over damage to Luke Kelly sculpture
CCTV to be installed at Luke Kelly sculpture later this week
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Daddy, dementia and me: ‘He knew me long before I knew him’
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Moving Luke Kelly sculpture suggested as response to vandalism
Some councillors favour moving work after it was vandalised for a fifth time on Friday
‘I am deeply interested in Ireland’s complex past’
‘I have a ritual of making tea, lighting a candle and then I am gone into my fictional world’
Council’s public art chief not for shifting statue of Luke Kelly
Despite recent episode of vandalism sculpture a ‘site specific work’, says Ruairí Ó Cuív
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