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# Monument

Last year
2022
Mysterious Georgia Guidestones monument demolished after being bombed by vandals
The so-called American Stonehenge was a target for conspiracy theorists who linked it with Satanism.
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Jul 7th 2022, 5:52 PM
All time
Neolithic burial monument in Meath 'recklessly damaged by graffiti'
There have been other vandalism incidents at the site.
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Apr 29th 2021, 6:00 PM
William and Harry commission London statue of Princess Diana
The sculpture will stand in the public grounds of her former residence, Kensington Palace.
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Jan 29th 2017, 5:39 PM
"I'm losing money every day while nothing is being done... it's a nightmare" - How Moore Street's traders have been forgotten about
Marie Cullen sells her fruit and veg on Moore Street in the shadow of the battle for the National Monument.
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Jul 9th 2016, 7:00 AM
4,000-year-old monument damaged during clearance works
Locals say they are saddened by the damage.
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Mar 30th 2016, 6:04 AM
Top Gear apologises for "unwise" filming of car stunts near war memorial
People were not happy about the choice of location, near the Cenotaph in London.
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Mar 14th 2016, 2:45 PM
NAMA pledges €5m for Moore Street site but dispute remains over 1916 plans
It was announced last year that the four houses at 14 to 17 Moore Street are to be converted into a commemorative centre at the national monument.
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Apr 23rd 2014, 10:11 PM
Hundred-year-old treasure found in time capsule under Columbus monument
Coins, medals, banknotes and some old scrolls were found in the box which was hidden when the monument was put in place in 1921.
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Apr 7th 2014, 3:30 PM
Páidí Ó Sé monument to be erected in West Kerry in May 2015
The aim is to unveil the life-size bronze monument on the day that would have been Páidí’s 60th birthday.
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Feb 11th 2014, 11:58 AM
This group want to build a large Satan statue in a US city
It’s one hell of a plan. Ahem.
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Jan 7th 2014, 5:30 PM
Commemorative centre to be built at 14 - 17 Moore Street
It was announced today that structures from 1916 won’t be demolished on the historic Moore Street.
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Jul 16th 2013, 5:09 PM
Photos: The monuments that pay their own way
A new survey has listed the most valuable monuments in Europe. So which one towered above all the rest?
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Aug 23rd 2012, 12:03 PM
Scale model of Che Guevara monument being built
A scale model of the proposed glass monument, which contains an image of the revolutionary known as ‘El Che’, is currently being constructed, Galway Cllr Billy Cameron has said.
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Apr 10th 2012, 3:47 PM
Che Guevara monument would ‘shame the people of Galway and Ireland’
A proposal to build a monument to the Cuban revolutionary has been harshly criticised by local businessman Declan Ganley.
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Feb 28th 2012, 8:39 PM