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This is the sixth time Vera Klute’s Luke Kelly statue on Dublin’s Northside has been vandalised.
The black paint was removed by masonry experts this morning.
The matter has been reported to gardaí.
Minister Paul Kehoe confirmed today that there would be Defence Forces personnel and a piper in attendance.
The memorial which came about after a number of years of fundraising is worth about €70,000.
The incident occurred the day before Germany’s last warm-up game in Cologne
Russian police arrested a 37-year-old man who used a metal pole to break the glass covering the painting.
Gardaí are examining CCTV footage to try to find those responsible for defacing the 325-year-old monument.
The incident happened this afternoon.
The burial site is located in a park, but even CCTV hasn’t deterred people from vandalising them.
People Before Profit candidate Memet Uludag, who is originally from Turkey, noticed on Thursday that bacon had been stuck to his posters.
There has been strong criticism after the monument to some of the bloodiest days of killing in the Civil War was badly vandalised.