New Sinead O'Connor waxwork plot revealed after controversial €75k model axed from Dublin museum sparked ‘hideous' fury
Museum bosses clashed with
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Museum owner Paddy Dunning said that a team of artists are working together to create the new Sinead waxwork
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Sinead was found dead in her London flat last July aged 56
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The controversial likeness prompted Sinead's brother John O'Connor going on Liveline to blast it as 'hideous' and 'looking nothing like her'.
John said it made his sister look like 'something out of the Thunderbirds'.
Now, museum owner Paddy Dunning has revealed that rather than using one sculptor, a team of artists are working together to create
Dunning told The Irish Sun: 'I wasn't involved in the process of quality control at the
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Paddy added: 'I'm qualified to get it right, because I knew Sinead since she was 18 and began her music career.
'I was the very first person to record Sinead in Temple Lane Studios, and I was the last to record her in Grouse Lodge studios in
The businessman said he could have speeded up creating a new Sinead likeness in time for her second anniversary on July 26, but he decided to let the sculpting team continue their work.
Paddy said: 'We know how important it is to get Sinead right.
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'So she won't be in the Wax Museum on display next week when all the fans arrive from around the world.
'But we will be projecting Sinead's image onto the walls outside on the Wall Of Fame in Temple Bar and will be displaying her dress and garments at the Irish Rock 'N' Roll Museum.'
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The previous Sinead likeness cost €75,000 before it was melted down after intense criticism.
The artist responsible, PJ Heraghty, who had successfully created over a 100 waxworks for the museum, said he sensed it would be a disaster when he was first given the job.
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'DIDN'T WANT TO DO IT'
PJ told us: 'No, I didn't want do Sinead O'Connor. That was the gut feeling I had when I was offered the job, and I wish I listened to it.
'I just knew it was going to be problematic to capture somebody as beautiful as Sinead O'Connor and also somebody who so many people connected with.'
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He said: 'I started at the beginning of the year, and there were also some health issues which intervened.'
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'THERE WAS A DEADLINE'
The artist said the impending deadline of July 25 meant he didn't have the time he needed to achieve the final details of the likeness.
PJ told us: 'There was a deadline, and I also experimented with different methods. That's a dangerous thing to do as a sculptor.'
Tragic Sinead was found dead in her London flat aged 56 in 2023.
'We know how important it is to get Sinead right."
Paddy Dunning
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was a result of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma.
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Sinead fans from around the world are expected to descend on Bray, Co Wicklow next week for her second anniversary.
They will be making the pilgrimage to her former home on the Coast Road and to a bench dedicated to her outside the Martello Hotel in the town, crafted by artisans from Vale of Avoca and Bray Men's Sheds.
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Artist PJ Heraghty sensed it would be a disaster when he was first given the job
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Fans of Sinead were devastated following her death
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