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Racist graffiti that appeared on the Ha’penny Bridge and outside a Temple Bar vintage clothing store on Wednesday night was removed after complaints to the council.
The writing, which was seen Thursday morning, was scrawled on the pavement of the famous Dublin Bridge and on the front of the Tola Vintage store on Fownes Street Upper in Temple Bar.
The store owner posted images of the graffiti on social media Thursday, noting that the writing was “all over Temple Bar this morning.”
“I refuse to open stores today,” wrote Tola Vintage’s Instagram account. “It’s not good enough, we need to do better.”
The graffiti was later removed from the bridge and the shop, Dublin City Council confirmed.
In a post on Twitter, the Irish Network Against Racism (INAR) asked anyone who sees racist graffiti to report it to the customer of their local authority or environmental services or their local social housing association. INAR also recommended that people come together to repaint or clean graffiti and call on local media and leaders to “publicly condemn racism.”
Graffiti and offensive material can also be reported to a local Garda station, INAR said.
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