Shelbourne hotel statues to be reinstalled

One of the Nubian princess statues erected outside the Shelbourne hotel in Dublin in 1847. The statues were removed in July, but will now be reinstalled. Picture: Marc O’Sullivan

The Shelbourne Hotel in Dublin is to reinstall four statues it removed from outside its premises earlier this year.

The owners of the hotel took the bronze sculptures away in July, as statues of associated with colonialism and oppression were removed around the world following protests and pressure from the Black Lives Matter movement.