Gardaí have launched an investigation after a large wooden sculpture erected on Waterford's Greenway route was destroyed in a fire. After firefighters were unable to save the artwork, they appealed for help from the public.
It was established as a biodiversity project earlier this year as a tribute to the Irish mythological deity of Éiriu. The center of the sculpture - Éiriu’s body body - is now an ash with only the arms and legs remaining.
Early on Friday morning, a huge wooden structure in Carriganore, on the outskirts of the city, caught fire. The fire department was summoned to the scene.
Although the fire was subsequently put out, garda reported that the sculpture had been "destroyed".
Garda is looking for any witnesses or anyone with knowledge to come forward as they are treating it as a case of criminal damage.
John Hayes of Special Branch Carvers, a renowned woodworker who also created the 23-meter sword buried in Waterford's Viking Triangle, carved the sculpture of Éiriu.
In partnership with South East Technological University, it was put in place in March of this year as a part of a biodiversity project.
According to a Garda spokesman, the Waterford Garda Station is in need of help with their investigation into the criminal damage to a wooden sculpture that was part of the Greenway in Carriganore, Waterford City. It has been destroyed by fire.
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"The damage was found on September 30 at around 7.30 am. Waterford Fire Service and Gardai responded to the location.
The Waterford Garda Station can be reached at 051-305300 if anyone in the area early on Friday morning witnessed anything strange.
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