From statues to skorts, Ireland’s talent for preoccupation with the wrong things is intact
This is especially true where issues involving women are concerned, and 2025 was no exception
Molly Malone
Tourists beware: supposed new ‘traditions’ at Dublin statues
As with tour guides inventing stories, here’s hoping the phenomenon is not on the rise
Solve two Dublin problems in one go: put Molly Malone on Daniel O’Connell’s plinth
Plus: Fine Gael’s summer of fun, a bad year for trout and a good opportunity for the ríomhaire
Joanna Lumley: ‘I love Ireland as much as you can if you’re not an Irish person’
Lumley, a dedicated Hibernophile, was delighted to be in Wicklow filming the second series of Tim Burton’s Netflix hit Wednesday
Molly minders: Why the famous Dublin statue is being protected from tourists
In the News podcast: Dublin City Council is on petting patrol, stopping Molly Malone from being touched
Molly Malone statue unstable and only held in place by two pins due to ‘abuse’ on a ‘daily basis’, council report finds
Statue in Dublin has multiple broken fittings, inspection shows
Hey, tourists: fondling the Molly Malone statue is not a Dublin tradition. And it probably won’t bring you any luck
Since word got around that rubbing Molly Malone's bronze bazongas brings good fortune, they’ve become shiny enough for Bavarians and Bostonians to redo their eye make-up in them post-frottage. Fondling the statue is not a Dublin tradition. And it probably won’t bring you any luck, writes Donald Clarke
Patrols to protect Molly Malone statue from groping
Dublin City Council to appoint stewards to discourage tourists from touching statue’s breasts
Groping the Molly Malone statue: ‘I find it disrespectful to our national monument, to the lady’
Campaign started to stop the tradition of people touching the breasts of the Dublin statue for good luck
Jeanne Rynhart obituary: Gifted sculptor who created the Molly Malone statue
Dublin-born artist established one of the first bronze craft studios in Ireland
Learning from food history to create a new sustainable future
Better to go back to our cultural roots, widen our palates and eat seafood from lower down the food chain
When Brian Lenihan played Santa Claus for Ireland’s refugees
From the Archive: A 1979 Christmas party for Vietnamese refugees saw coconut cake and Molly Malone
Britain’s Irish community raises its voice at Brexit protest
Demonstrators play folk songs as they rally against British government’s ‘nonsense’
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