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Its no Christ the Redeemer, Frank Taylor, is it?! Look, how is O’Connell Street supposed to become a 21st century city boulevard when this kind of tacky stuff is installed on the street? If it is such an important civic history item, put it in a bloody museum. Oh, and Rory W, I’d get rid of that other stuff too. It looks ridiculous. Move on people, embrace the present, forget about these trinkets of the past.

I’m only negative about the disgraceful physical appearance of the street. Admittedly, the number of working class people on the street might diminish if high-end tourist shopping, luxury restaurants etc were there instead of bookies, SPAR etc, but then again, maybe not. It will still be the main street, the centre of the bus network, and surrounded by many established communities. Graham H rightly points out the scadalous use of so-called temporary signage and advertisments that is ruining the visual appearance of the street. It not the folk who wear tracksuits and push prams. I agree with you phil that this is somewhere all backgrounds can interact, and where North/South divides are less apparent. But it needs to look much, much better.