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Communities can propose a home for a permanent mural

Ireland's public is being invited to suggest walls for a lasting mural marking the country's Presidency of the European Union. According to The Irish Post, Culture Minister Patrick O’Donovan called for neighbourhood spaces that could accommodate the artwork. Communities, organisations and local authorities are among those asked to nominate a permanent wall.

As of September 22, 2026, the reported initiative combined a search for a mural location with a nationwide programme of street-art and graffiti workshops. The Department for Culture, Communications and Sport confirmed that The Walls Project would deliver the workshops. Ireland's EU Presidency runs until December, according to the report.

The invitation gives residents a role before an artwork appears on a wall. For people who follow public art, that is a useful point of entry: the choice of a site helps establish how a work will meet its neighbourhood. The report does not identify a winning wall, so the call should be understood as an opportunity to propose a location.

Young people are central to the workshop programme

The workshops invite young people aged 12–18 to explore graffiti and spray painting. The Irish Post describes the programme as a way of marking the EU Presidency through culture and creative participation. O’Donovan presented youth engagement as part of its purpose, linking the activity to the Presidency's broader agenda.

The minister named competitiveness, values and security as core themes of that agenda. Separately, a departmental spokesperson said the permanent artwork was intended to reflect cultural exchange, connection and shared creativity. Those statements set out the programme's intentions; they do not establish a particular design or tell viewers what imagery the mural will contain.

The distinction matters when following a commission in progress. A workshop offers a setting for learning about a medium, while a permanent mural creates a work intended to remain at a location. The source connects both activities within one programme, but does not say that every workshop venue will receive a permanent mural or that every participant will paint the final artwork.

Limerick, Dún Laoghaire and Waterford feature in the programme

A workshop at King John’s Castle in Limerick had already taken place when the initiative was reported. The source places that activity earlier in September without supplying an exact date. It also names a local Scout Den in Dún Laoghaire and the Pocket Park on Thomas Street in Waterford as venues for forthcoming activities.

These place names establish where parts of the workshop programme were happening or planned. They do not identify the selected home of the landmark mural. For a street-art itinerary, an activity venue and the address of a finished artwork are different kinds of information, even when both belong to the same programme.

The report gives no visitor hours, attendance arrangements or booking details for the workshops. It also provides no exact completion date or viewing address for the permanent mural. A trip to see that new work therefore cannot be planned from the reported venue list alone. Any route should distinguish existing artworks from educational activities and proposed locations.

A nominated wall is the beginning of the process

The open call seeks a permanent setting for a public artwork intended to outlast the Presidency celebrations. The department described the mural as a physical legacy of the programme, with cultural exchange and connection among its themes. That ambition explains why the invitation focuses on a wall that can host a lasting work.

The Irish Post directs nominations to an email address, but the address is obscured in the supplied source text. No usable contact address can therefore be reproduced here. The report also does not specify a nomination deadline, dimensions, selection criteria, an appointed artist or a final design. Those details remain outside the information available in the article.

For mural followers, the useful story is the relationship between participation and place. Residents are being asked to consider where a shared artwork could belong, while teenagers have opportunities to explore the methods associated with street art. This is an interpretation of the programme's structure, rather than a claim about its eventual artistic outcome.

Until a location and completion details are announced, treat the mural as a project to follow rather than a confirmed viewing stop. When building a route around existing work, explore nearby murals on the Wallscape map and keep proposed sites separate from completed artworks.

Source: The Irish Post