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<\/a><\/p>\n\u201cIt looks like a teleporter drove over a heap of scaffolding,\u201d one comment on social media noted.<\/p>\n
The installation of the new sculpture, constructed from painted steel, on the Glenview Roundabout on the N81 began on Monday morning, October 6.<\/p>\n
Reactions to the sculpture have been mixed.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt looks like a tech graph drawing for junior cert. Did they mix their homework up with their child\u2019s before heading into the council that day?\u201d one commenter wrote.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt reminds me of junior infants when we played with straws and connectors\u201d, another wrote, with many people also comparing it to a playground or \u201cmonkey bars\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis project is part of the N81 landscape scheme, approved by the Council under Part 8 of the Planning and Development Act,\u201d South Dublin County Council said.<\/p>\n
The sculpture, designed by Liam O\u2019Callaghan, is an \u201cartwork in coloured steel that references the spire of St Maelruain\u2019s Church in Tallaght, the buildings and housing that have grown up around it in the wider area of Tallaght and the diversity of the communities in the area.\u201d<\/p>\n
There has also been anger at the council over the \u20ac50k price tag, with many commenters saying it could have been better spent elsewhere, and that a flower bed would have worked better on the roundabout.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s ridiculous, if they were gonna spend that amount of money on it, then they should have at least put something that represents Tallaght and its history\u2026 not whatever they are calling\u2026THAT!\u201d a commenter said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat 50k could do for disability in Tallaght,\u201d another said.<\/p>\n
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