Why is there locks on the hapenny bridge

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Weekly Podcast. The Explainer is a weekly podcast from TheJournal. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts. Next week a group of lock-pickers will begin removing them individually, shunning the use of any cutting devices, as organised by Dublin City Council DCC.

Some of the locks are secured very tightly around the railings which meant DCC had previously been hampered trying to cut them and not damage the city landmark. The council is teaming up with a city centre lock picking club, Tog, which also runs a weekly lock-picking class.

The plan is, from next week, to remove the 'love locks' once a fortnight and then review the progress. Mollie Bylett on January 6, at pm Thank you for this! Rich Rennicks on January 6, at pm Glad to help. Happy New Year to you, too, Mollie. Were you there for the floods? Brenda Farrell on May 5, at pm Mollie the locks are destroying a year old bridge-not to be encouraged. Daithi on January 31, at pm you posted this around the time i had a meeting with the council on this subject.

Rich Rennicks on January 31, at pm Good man yourself. Connect on Facebook. What are you looking for? Journal Media does not control and is not responsible for the content of external websites. Switch to Mobile Site. Sites: TheJournal. Here's the new plan to stop people putting love locks on the Ha'penny Bridge Comments.

Tags Dublin ha'penny bridge Love locks love padlocks padlocks where is the love? See other tags Tags. Here's the new plan to stop people putting love locks on the Ha'penny Bridge The council are trying to curb the practice, as it could potentially damage the structure.

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