Recently, I was giving a tour of the city to visitors who were as horrified/distraught/confused by the Spire as we all were in 2003. It dominates the street, and it’s frankly impossible to discuss Daniel O’ Connell, the legacy of the 1913 lockout or anything else until you address it.
The questions begin.
“What’s it supposed to represent?”
I explained its official title is An Túr Solas, or Monument of Light, and it is supposed to represent our rise to prosperity, and capture the spirit of modern Ireland.
“Hmmm, I suppose Neil Young should swing by” she noted.
Confused, I asked why.
“Perhaps a performance of the Needle and the Damage Done?”
Genius. You have to love people….
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Donal
Ciarán
Sam
Come Here To Me! 
yeah, that’s why it’s popularly known as the Spike.
Different view of the spike.
Make of it what you will.
[Thought I’d already posted the above earlier but it seems to have vanished. Apologies if it turns up under the wrong item.]
Ha ha, I actually quite like it now, I like the way it draws my eye to the big blue beyond