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THE NATIONAL GALLERY of Ireland said they are “disappointed that there has been no clarity” given in the case in which a Dublin man of putting his fist through a Claude Monet painting at the gallery.
The jury deliberated for nearly nine hours spread over three days, but has failed to reach a verdict today.
€7 million damage
The man is being accused of causing €7 million worth of damage to the painting.
Andrew Shannon, aged 48, has denied the charge of criminal damage by claiming he has a serious heart condition that caused him to “collapse” against the art work on 29 June 2012.
Sean Rainbird, Director of the National Gallery of Ireland said he would like to praise the staff of the National Gallery for their prompt response to the incident at the time and all the colleagues in the emergency services.
“In particular, I would like to thank the staff involved for participating and relating to the court as citizens, as much as Gallery employees,” he said.
Mr Rainbird added the gallery’s Conservation Department has undertaken a very complex project to mend and restore the Monet painting and thanked BNP Paribas who provided the necessary funds to undertake the restoration.
Monet painting
“We look forward to putting the Monet back on display to the public as soon as conservation work is complete,” he said.
Judge Des Hogan remanded Andrew Shannon in custody until tomorrow when he will apply for bail.
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Is Michael Healy-Ray really that stupid ,,,,, Looks like the apple didn’t fall too far from the tree !!!!!
yes they are , and the very ones, that has there bread buttered by him , i heard , that these guys run, co, Kerry ,if your not with, them your out, and stay out ?. local Mafioso, i here say .big fish in small ponds .
How on earth did that amadan Healy Rae get elected , are people in constituency really that thick????
maybe we could put the dog into the dail instead of micheal.
As a farmer said to me ‘why should I indicate ,sure everybody knows where I’m going .’ The rural attitude to visitors/tourists is that they should deposit their money at the county boundary and not annoy the natives with demands for service, unspoilt countryside etc. It takes a Healy-Rae to actually come out and say this ; tell us more Michael.
Michael Healy Rae your ignorance knows absolutely no bounds!!
Michael Healy Rae is supported by the plain people of Kerry – crap goes in, crap comes out.
It’s bloody obvious Micheal Healy Rae is a man that can smell money a mile away. He must be doing a reality tv show soon and needs the cash for the phone and text votes. This is the Td who cut the grass of developers houses in my estate only last summer after he was elected. He even had his ‘vote no1′ stickers still on his van with his picture so there was no denying it was him. My ghost estate is in north cork so he drove a bit from Kerry to help the developer who is living it up in the uk!
I live in the country, and I know my way around. I have to say, country driving, particularly people over a certain age and in a certain profession, is shocking bad. No indicating, lucky if there’s one working brake light on the car. If a trailer is being towed, good luck. Then you can actually see the driver looking everywhere but the road. I usually have a rant about this a few times a week, when I’m stuck behind some numpty who doesn’t indicate, no brake light on the trailer, thinks road signs are just decorations for the roadside. And that Healy-Rae lad is a bigger numpty for questioning the need for road signs.
It says much for his chosen career that he is able to function as a member of the Dail, most of the political class see their job as being ” gettin in then gettin as much as they can ” this applies to most countries so we shouldn’t feel superior, but we do have a very good class of gobshites.
In a lot of rural areas, the local yooves tend to take great delight in turning the signs. And a turned sign is defintely worse than no sign at all! Many’s the time I’ve headed off in the wrong direction thanks to a bit of late-night shenanigans.
No money in signs as they are put in by the NRA also the bank hopes to “return to sustainable profitability by 2014.” by robbing the less well off..
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