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A BILL HAS been introduced to the Dáil that aims to modernise laws governing murals and protect “really beautiful and really important public art”.
The Public Art Mural (Exempted Development) Bill was presented to the Dáil yesterday afternoon by Sinn Féin.
The Bill has been developed in conjunction with the artists collective SubSet, who are at the centre of a long-running court dispute over three murals around Dublin city, which Dublin City Council said require planning permission.
One of their murals celebrates the life of David Attenborough, Horseboy depicts a young person in a hoodie sitting on a white horse, while the Think And Wonder mural marked mental health month.
Under planning legislation, organisers of public murals need permission to paint on gable walls, which Subset has criticised as strict and outdated.
Sinn Féin TD Eoin Ó Broin, who brought the bill forward, said it aims to resolve the legal issues involved in the action against SubSet and will protect “really important public art”.
“So the legislation is very straightforward,” he told the PA news agency.
“What it does is it creates a new planning exemption, and if it were to become law, what it would mean is if a private building owner/ property owner wants to have public art on their building, they don’t need a planning application subject to the following conditions.
“First of all, the public art or mural has to have artistic and cultural merit. That’s a phrase or legal language that’s used in other legislation like the Arts Council legislation.
“The second is it cannot be a commercial advertisement. There’s a series of sections of the planning code which is for commercial advertisements. This is for art and culture, not for advertising products for sale.
“The other area is the public art could not conflict with the Equality Act. What we do not want is is the abuse of a planning exemption for hate speech, for homophobia, for racism, sexism, etc.
“What we’re trying to do is craft a piece of legislation that facilitates good quality public art, but does still have some reasonable restrictions – there’s another part of the bill which is there would be some requirements for planning applications in special areas of architectural conservation.”
He said that he is hoping the government will support it once the bill gets to the second stage, and asked that Dublin City Council reconsiders pursing its legal action until the process in the Oireachtas is complete.
He said: “In order to give the Oireachtas its due, I think the City Council should now allow us to go through that process before it decides to proceed.
“Because clearly, if we were to pass such a bill and have it enacted, then it really would make the current legal actions against SubSet a moot point.”
Dublin City Council has been contacted for comment.
I read the headline and then then the next line about fruit flies and for a second I was very confused as to why fruit flies would need clothes! I appolagise it’s early and my brain hasn’t had its coffee yet!
Spell check Rachel, I APOlOGIZE for the pedantics.
…if you’re American. ‘Round these parts, we spell it apologise.
Great bit of research.
Burrrrnnn
Did you not read her comment? She hasn’t had her coffee yet.
If that’s for me Ciara, I was directing my comment at Robert (love correcting grammar nazis!)
But I should have been clearer – I was also without coffee at the time; three cups up now and still not on top of my game.
Jeeze relax Robert (mutters to self: “there’s always one”) as for the lovely ladies who actually got and defended my comment thank you! ……Oh and merry christmas ladies, hope ye all have a wonderful holiday :)
This article is very poorly written as there are some huge benefits to habituation and this is actually great news that they are making a breakthrough in this area. Tens of thousands of people in Ireland
Suffer from tinnitus. It can be seriously debilitating and if you can’t habituate to it can lead to prolonged stress anxiety and depression. Another issue is chronic pain management. If there is no cure for your condition and the only way to treat it is with powerful pain killers then habituation could be hugely beneficial. Well done trinity for the breakthrough and long may it continue.
This is theJournal, not theJournalofScience. Think of it as food for thought – - it’s never comprehensive.
This is what we should be spending money on not throwing into the septic tank that is welfare. I really cannot see the value in wasting good money on useless people
Is your real name enda kenny? Such a useless comment from somebody who has probably never been unemployed due to having a relative who knows somebody who knows somebody.
Assuming people who have no job are useless is a bit …. well useless.
Welfare also includes child support which your mother most likely availed of to raise you
But hey, your right, fcuk logic!!
Enda…….Sheer ignorance.
I have Aspergers syndrome, which is an an autism spectrum disorder. I also have a PhD from Trinity College, in geology.
As a child I suffered allot from sensory sensitivities, clothes itched terribly, especially wool. Imagine wearing clothes made of glass fibre. I fainted in class because of the smell of the paper used in art class. On a school tour I had to stand up on the tour bus as the seats were too itchy. I’m still very sensitive to sound.
I have friend with Aspergers who was bullied by school bullies who would scratch their nails across their school bags, the sound caused her physical pain. She’s still frightened, traumatised, by the sound of material, clothes / bags, making any sort of scratching sound.
These problem lessens for some with age, but not all. This research is welcome. It certainly will one day help young children with autism avoid the difficulties with debilitating sensory sensitivity.
Well said David!!
I too am picturing fruit flies in little hats n gloves….and ugg boots :)))
Good comment. Just wait for 5 hours until the useless people wake up so they can reply to your comment!
for Enda (purple egg)
Was my reply early enough for you? By the way i work but this attitude towards the unemployed makes me sick. 14% unemployment even after mass emigration yet a few years ago we had 3 % unemployment. Are all those people useless???
Ruari if you have a phd and are fluent in say 5 languages then I would pity you if you were on welfare, anyone else well they are just not worth bothering about
Enda i emigrated to get work but i know lots of good people, some educated and some not who are not in a position to emigrate and cannot find work. They are not useless. Thats a very narrow minded view you have. About 3% dont want to work. In economic terms 3% is full employment.
Bandy – not to mention the doctors, nurses, guards, taxi, drivers, shift workers ect that were working last night.
Guess those genes don’t work when my jocks get in a bunch. I can assure you I feel that when it happens!!
Culchies… How do they explain the track suit bottoms & shoes or the wranglers & mucky work boots to the pub??
Couldn’t be stupidity that the Irish pay tax on their Family Homes to bail out the banks.
Must be genetic. What do you think Profs?
Get a real job for god sake , no one cares
Love it bud
Beam us all up Enda to your utopian planet. On second thoughts…
Hope they find the gene as to why potential scientists waste time on pointless research and eradicate it.
And the above comment is why we shid no waste any money on the underclasses their brains aren’t developed enough to contribute to society
I shid u not :)
You shid have spent more time in English class buddy.
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