Earlier on today, Maser’s Repeal mural on the Project Arts Centre was removed following a series of objections on planning grounds (ahem).
You can see photos of the removal here.
And the response, somewhat unsurprisingly, has been a mixture of digust, anger and defiance – and nowhere was this more apparent than on Twitter.
?Some focused on the sheer hypocrisy of it all…
Neat that we live in a country where you can show pictures of fetuses to children in the street but not create art calling for a referendum.
— Ciaraíoch ???? (@Ciaraioch) July 25, 2016
… and the irony…
The writing’s on the wall and they’re afraid of it. #repealthe8th
— Una Mullally (@UnaMullally) July 25, 2016
The #repealthe8th tag on instagram right now ?? pic.twitter.com/4LmFFSo7Zd
— lucy (@helllolucy) July 25, 2016
To be fair to the Anti Choice lot the #repealthe8th mural was unplanned, had no hope of survival so they got rid of it…
Oh, right.
— Damien O’Connor (@ratskins) July 25, 2016
Comment on @thejournal_ie about removal of @maserart #Repealthe8th mural on @projectarts pic.twitter.com/p9BmPL22Zi
— Ciarán Ferrie (@ccferrie) July 25, 2016
… and, most of all, the sheer futility of such an exercise
painting the deckchairs on The Titanic #repealthe8th https://t.co/8U2P16FktX
— David O’Doherty (@phlaimeaux) July 25, 2016
I guess anti-choice activists are right in the sense once this mural is gone we’ll probably just drop the whole thing and leave it as is
— Fi Hyde (@andgoseek) July 25, 2016
Particularly as many made the point that this will only accelerate the movement further
Expect the next wave of #streetart for #repealthe8th soon. We won’t rest until women in Ireland are free to choose. #prochoice #NotACriminal
— Will St Leger ???? (@WillStLeger) July 25, 2016
Let’s pray @projectarts puts on extra security to prevent someone, ahem, vandalising their building with a new #repealthe8th mural
— Alan Caulfield (@alan_caulfield) July 25, 2016
Some were straight-up pissed off – at the act itself…
… at the city …
STATE OF DUBLIN! #repealthe8th https://t.co/oM1RJ7WP7O
— Vicki McGrath (@Vicki_McGrath) July 25, 2016
… and the principles behind it
And finally, this tweet that will just shake you to your core
A sad day.
But we haven’t heard the end of it.
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