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Here's the story with those sparkly shoes on telephone wires around Dublin
No, it’s not just because someone’s feet were killing them.
SHOES DANGLING FROM overhead wires isn’t an uncommon sight in many cities.
Various urban legends suggest that the shoes indicate a place to buy drugs or maybe a death due to drugs, that they represent a gang, or that they mark some kind of celebration.
Usually it’s a battered pair of runners, but in Dublin lately there’s been something exceedingly more glam drawing our eyes upwards.
Maïa Dunphy / Twitter
Maïa Dunphy / Twitter / Twitter
Gold glittery stilettos have been showing up in various locations: Stoneybatter, Leeson Street, Drumcondra, Clanbrassil Street, Howth and many more.
And here’s why…
It’s part of a project to encourage Dubliners to ‘look up and put a sparkle in your step’.
Everywhere you see one of these signs:
You’ll see a pair of shoes:
Amy McGovern / Twitter
Amy McGovern / Twitter / Twitter
Janet Cashin / Twitter
Janet Cashin / Twitter / Twitter
Written by Emer McLysaght and posted on DailyEdge.ie
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