Republican threats halt Victoria Fountain work

RESTORATION work on a fountain built near Dublin in memory of Queen Victoria has been halted following threats made by suspected republican paramilitaries against men carrying out the job.

The restoration company reported their staff received threats and it had decided against continuing the job.

The Victoria Fountain, close to the ferry terminal in Dun Laoghaire, was originally placed in 1901, the year of Queen Victoria’s death, to commemorate her visit a few years earlier.