Group angry ‘Moby Dick’ sculpture plans rejected in Youghal

East Cork municipal district officials plan to invite members of a Youghal community group to discuss the rejection of a proposal to install a sculpture marking the town’s links with Moby Dick.

The decision was taken at this month’s meeting.

The group sought to install an interactive, whale-shaped bench at Market Dock near the town centre, where director John Huston shot the famed film’s opening scenes in summer 1954.