Gardaí say they've received a report of criminal damage involving graffiti on a building at Capel Street in Dublin.
Officers say it happened overnight.
They have not arrested anyone, but they're investigating the issue.
This was painted on the building two doors up from Pantibar during the night pic.twitter.com/HoBo9glOuP
— Dr Panti Bliss-Cabrera (@PantiBliss) June 14, 2021
The news comes after Panti Bliss shared a photo of the Etsy building painted with a homophobic slur, with an arrow pointing towards nearby Panti Bar.
DublinTown has since painted over it, and it's been replaced with Pride flags from the windows of the Etsy building.
Dublin City Council says it received a complaint this morning.
It says, in accordance with its policy, it intended to remove the offensive material within 24 hours.
However, the council says Dublin Town painted over it today.
So DCC will return to complete the work tomorrow when the paint is dry.
Panti Bliss has thanked Dublin Town and Etsy for quickly removing it.
It's happened about a week after someone burned Pride flags in County Waterford.
The #DublinTown clean team attended that straight away and it has now been removed. pic.twitter.com/BpprHcfidF
— DublinTown (@DublinTown) June 14, 2021
Dublin Councillors Janice Boylan and Janet Horner condemned the slur.
So has Labour TD Aodhán O'Riordan.
Meanwhile, Fine Gael Councillor Ray Mc Adam says he will raise the issue at a city council meeting.
Main Image: Dr Panti Bliss Cabrera on Twitter.
