The Irish Times

There will be no "Millennium Spike" as it is currently presented, according to a leading environmental and heritage agency. Mr Michael Smith, director of Lancefort, also said that last week's High Court judgment against the "spike" meant that other Dublin Corporation projects would also be open to judicial review. These include projects in Smithfield, the Millennium Boardwalk and the Millennium Pedestrian Bridge.

The legality of the Monument of Light, as the "spike" is officially known, was challenged in the High Court by the artist Michael Ó Nualláin on the grounds that Dublin Corporation had not commissioned an environmental impact study (EIS). The challenge succeeded and the corporation now says the 400-foot metal spike will not be built before 2000. Mr Ciaran McNamara, Dublin Corporation's project manager for the regeneration of O'Connell Street, says however that he is confident it will eventually be built.