Vandalised religious statue restored to its former glory

FINISHING touches were being put to the restoration of one of the country’s oldest religious statues which was badly damaged by drunks nine months ago.

The Our Lady of Limerick statue which is more than 400 years old and has survived the Cromwellian wars and the siege of Limerick was almost decapitated last year when vandals tried to pull it from its mounting at St Saviour’s Dominican Church in Limerick.

The religious icon was badly damaged after coming under attack from bottle-wielding drunks who put a rope around the neck of the statue in an attempt to pull it from its pedestal.