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THE artist behind a striking new mural in Ennis created in reaction to the ongoing crisis in Palestine has said she wants the artwork to be a symbol of hope. Rachel Macmanus, who has painted a number of murals throughout the town as part of the ‘Negative Space Art Collective’, recently unveiled her latest large scale work at Moran’s Carpark. The imagery for the new mural was created using a Unicef photograph of Palestinian children for reference with Rachel surrounding them with symbolic images of keys and doves. The painting was created by Rachel on behalf of People Of Clare Against Genocide. Rachel said, “It was my honour to paint this mural. The relentless horror and destruction we see daily and have seen for months and months now is hard to process and the feelings of helplessness and anger make us all feel powerless and despairing. Like many people I felt helpless and was becoming desensitised to the relentless awful …
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