A restaurant in Rathmines says Dublin City Council has forced it to remove a mural aimed at supporting Palestine.
In a social media post, Shaku Maku restaurant says it's disappointed it has been forced to paint over the flag and image of a child, and replace it with a plain black wall.
"We’re so disappointed to that Dublin City Council forced us to paint over our beautiful Emmalene Blake mural," a post from Shaku Maku reads.
The post continues: "At the time of painting around 4,000 innocent children had been killed. Since then it’s around 16,000.
"But at least Dublin City council has its plain blank wall back."
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Another post cites the city's planning permission guidelines: "Here is our blank wall that now meets the cities planning permission guidelines."
Dublin City Council has not responded to requests for a statement.
A mural supporting Palestine on the side of Shaku Maku restaurant in Dublin. Image: Shaku Maku Instagram
