DCC Are Considering Raising The Molly Malone Statue To Prevent Groping
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DCC Are Considering Raising The Molly Malone Statue To Prevent Groping
Text: Izzy Copestake
The leave Molly mAolne campaign is a year old.
Dublin City Council is considering a proposal to elevate the Molly Malone statue on a pedestal following a campaign urging the public to treat the iconic figure with more respect. The statue on Suffolk Street has now become discoloured due to people rubbing the statue’s breasts.
Reports suggest that DCC have also requested tourist companies stop promoting the idea to tourists that rubbing the statue’s breasts brings good luck.
The proposal was brought to DCC by Tilly Cripwell, a busker behind the Leave Molly mAlone campaign. The campaign is now a year old, but Cripwell is still fighting to end the tradition.
“It is disrespectful and I think people take their liberties just because she’s wearing what’s supposedly a busty dress, but actually, first and foremost, she was a fish wife and she was prominent and renowned for that and that’s what the song commemorates,” she said.
“The council are listening because they recognise it as something that’s disrespectful, both to the culture and it’s a nightmare for them to restore her and everything.”
The proposal to elevate the Molly Malone statue reflects growing recognition of the need to treat the figure, and women more broadly, with greater respect. While the Leave Molly mAlone campaign has made progress, its founder, Tilly Cripwell, continues to push for tangible change. Dublin City Council is now engaging with the issue, but it’s currently unclear if this will lead to change.
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