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Vera Klute\u2019s Luke Kelly monument has been vandalised yet again - that is five times in a single year, making it one of the most vandalised monuments in the history of the capital, and Ireland more broadly.\nBut why do these things happen?\nFor as long as there have been monuments and art works in our public spaces they have been targeted, and not merely political works, but even fiberglass cows.\nDonal Fallon joins Gavan for another episode of Hidden Histories to discuss the peculiar phenomenon of defacing, damaging, and sometimes destroying monuments in this country.\nListen and subscribe to\xa0On The Record with Gavan Reilly\xa0on\xa0Apple Podcasts,\xa0Google Podcasts\xa0and\xa0Spotify.\n\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\nDownload, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.\n\xa0\xa0\xa0\nYou can also listen to Newstalk live on\xa0newstalk.com\xa0or on Alexa, by\xa0adding the Newstalk skill\xa0and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.