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
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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’
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Jeanne Rynhart obituary: Gifted sculptor who created the Molly Malone statue
Dublin-born artist established one of the first bronze craft studios in Ireland
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Britain’s Irish community raises its voice at Brexit protest
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Croke Park strike wrong note with Westmeath signature victory song
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Miriam Lord: No dreams were harmed in the making of this All-Ireland epic
Final score: Dublin 1-16, Kerry 1-16 and everyone else a basket case.
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Tony Broughan has gone to Dublin football matches dressed as Molly Malone since 1975
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Liffey Swim: ‘I wouldn’t have missed it for anything’
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Seán Moncrieff: Dublin is lovely. Why can’t we say that?
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Israeli ambassador says calls for Eurovision boycott crosses a line
Campaigners reject claims they are being ‘anti-Israel’ and say they are not extremist
A farewell to Dublin’s Screen and the rest of the old-school arthouse cinemas
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New Dublin Monopoly: Phoenix Park, Molly Malone, Dundrum are in, out go the posh roads
Ballsbridge banished from board but Dundrum and Nord Anglia school added
Equestrian: Bertram Allen and Molly Malone fourth in Verona
Germany-based rider records Ireland’s best result to date in this year’s FEI World Cup series
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Takashi Miyazaki’s mission is to introduce Irish people to authentic Japanese cuisine
A Brooklyn bridge all the way to Limerick
Home Front: Amanda Hilton Sawyer’s interior design; Róisín Lafferty’s parlour tricks
She too: stop sexually harassing Molly Malone
‘I first laid my hands on sweet Molly Malone’ is not how this song is supposed to go
Dublin Fringe Festival: What should I see this year?
The 2018 event includes productions on shame, fatherhood and an Aer Lingus hijacking
Molly Malone statue comes ‘alive, alive, oh’ in new project
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