The Irish Times

The man who challenged the corporation, artist and inventor Micheál ain Ó Nualláin, says he is not delighting in the fact that because of him the Monument of Light will not be erected in time for the eve-of-the-millennium celebrations, or that other projects could also be put on the back-burner. "I take no pleasure in holding up anything other than a pint of Guinness," said ain, Mr Ó Nualláin, a brother of writer Flann O'Brien. Mr Ó Nualláin was one of the more than 200 entrants who were losers in the competition to design a monument to replace Nelson's Pillar on the capital's main thoroughfare, but he says his action had nothing to do with sour grapes."In fact, I like the monument but not for O'Connell Street," said the man whose competition entry incorporated a flying saucer set above some Japanese-style toilets. "It is a thing apart; it sticks up like a sore thumb," he said of the millennium spike.