Statue Of The Week (9)

One of the most (ahem) prominent and popular statues in Dublin is that of Molly Malone, which is situated in Suffolk Street outside the Tourist Information Office, although it started life out when it was commissioned for the city’s millennium celebrations in 1988 in Grafton Street. Designed by local artist Jeanne Rynhart, sweet Molly Malone is unmistakable not for her cart of cockles and mussels but for her rather large breasts.

So large are they that tourists cannot resist the temptation to fondle them, a trait which city officials reveal has causes a bit of a problem. Her anatomical features are getting so worn away that the council is having to re-cover the sculpture and hire some stewards to guard it. A more permanent solution under consideration is to put the statue on a higher plinth so that the defaced décolletage will be out of reach.   

The moral of the story is hands off Molly Malone’s breasts.