Just hours after a police appeal for witnesses to the vandalism, two men handed themselves in at a Dublin police station where they were both arrested. The men, who are both in their 20s, presented themselves at Pearse St station on Friday evening. They have since been released without charge and a file is being prepared for the Irish Director of Public Prosecutions.
The statue was vandalised at about 4:15am. Shortly afterwards, a group of people in the area lifted the damaged sculpture and placed it back on its mount. It has since been removed for repairs. The bronze sculpture was unveiled in August 2005 by the singer's mother Philomena Lynott.
Phil was born in Birmingham in 1949, but was brought up in the Crumlin area of Dublin. He was a founding member of Thin Lizzy, setting up the band in 1969 with his Dublin schoolmate Brian Downey. The charismatic lead singer died from heart failure in January 1986 after years of battling alcohol and drug addiction.
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"Two little shitbags"
I'm going to take a shot in the dark here but would I be right in guessing that you're a Thin Lizzy fan, Arbroath? ;o)
Heh heh, you could say that. :)
I saw them live many, many times.
Some years back while on holiday in Ireland, myself and then girlfriend went searching for Phil's old family home ... and his dear mother, Phyllis, invited us in for coffee and cake!
Cool! I've seen a few interviews with her and she seems a very nice lady.
I like a bit of Lizzy but I have to admit that AC/DC, regardless of the other musical highways and byways I might explore (working my way through a Tom Waits obsession atm), are numero uno for me. Wish I'd seen Bon live. :o(
She is. A really lovely lady.
She wanted to adopt our eccentric dog. :)
Bon's death always seemed suspicious to me.
Not long before his death, AC/DC took a real dip in terms of audience interest.
They'd sold loads of records and were filling venues easily prior.
One weekday night some friends and I were in a pub close to a venue where they were playing, when a roadie came in with books of tickets giving them out free to anyone who wanted them.
We ambled over and, I'm not exagerrating, there were more fans on stage headbanging along with him and Angus than there actually were standing watching.
At most there were 100 people there.
We love Phil here in Seattle (and AC/DC, BTW)! If y'all need funds to fix this (or maybe just go and have a pint) let us know!
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