Dublin City Council begins action against Shelbourne Hotel for removing statues

‘Shelbourne Four’ must be ‘freed and reinstated’ – Senator Michael McDowell

One of the statues removed by the hotel. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons

One of the statues removed by the hotel. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons

Enforcement action has been initiated by Dublin City Council against the Shelbourne Hotel for the removal of four statues from the front of the building.

The statues, depicting African and Egyptian women, two of which it had been suggested represented “slave girls” were removed by the hotel recently.

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