How to save Molly Malone’s dignity? Take inspiration from Pope John Paul II

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Some bright spark somewhere a few years ago decided to tell tourists that if they rubbed Molly Malone’s chest it would bring them good luck, and things have really got out of hand since.

Some bright spark somewhere a few years ago decided to tell tourists that if they rubbed Molly Malone’s chest it would bring them good luck, and things have really got out of hand since. When an intrepid Irish Independent reporter visited the legendary, probably mythical, Dublin character’s statue on St Andrew’s Street last week, she counted no fewer than 71 individuals, male and female, feeling up the fictional fishmonger within the space of just one hour..