Stolen Virgin Mary statue found dumped in university car park

A statue of the Virgin Mary that had disappeared from a grotto near University College Cork was found dumped in a nearby car park.

Stolen Virgin Mary statue found dumped in university car park

Residents of Horgan’s Buildings near Magazine Road awoke on Tuesday morning to discover that the statue had disappeared overnight — and the finger of suspicion was pointed firmly at college students out celebrating Freshers’ Week.

UCC’s Students Union intervened and offered its offices as an anonymous drop-off point for the statue for any student who may have taken it as a drunken prank and was too embarrassed to return it the following morning.

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