Cheering onlookers crane to see new Spire installed

The Irish Times

After many delays, the monument designed to represent a modern Ireland reaching for the sky finally got off the ground yesterday, to the cheers of thousands who gathered for the occasion. Held up by everything from a High Court challenge to high winds, the Spire of Dublin at last assumed its full 120-metre height in the centre of O'Connell Street. In doing so, it more than filled the gap created almost 37 years ago, when Lord Nelson suddenly vacated his position as the capital's most prominent monument.

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