Controversial Glasnevin memorial wall vandalised with sledgehammers
, which was inaugurated in 2014 and remembers 580,000 soldiers from all sides who lost their lives in northern France in the first World War., to remember everybody in chronological order as to how they died “based on historical fact, without judgment or hierarchy. Each will be free to take from the wall what they wish”.
However, plans to include the Black and Tans and Auxiliaries on the wall may have to be put on hold following this latest attack. The memorial was also attacked in April 2017 when vandals threw paint over it. They damaged the gold inlay lettering for some of the names including
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