A virtual 'portal' connecting Dublin to New York via a live video stream has reopened with set hours after it was temporarily shut down due to bad behaviour.
"The Portal" is a public art installation designed as a unique way to "embrace the beauty of global interconnectedness" by allowing strangers from different countries to see each other on a continuous live stream.
A circular screen was set up below New York City's iconic Flatiron Building and a companion screen on Dublin's main thoroughfare, O'Connell St allowed allows users in each city to see each other and interact.
It was switched off on May 14, less than a week after it opened due to "bad behaviour" including flashing, holding up swastikas and displaying images of New York's Twin Towers burning on 9/11.
In a statement Dublin City Council said the portal will reopen with restricted hours in place, according to the BBC.
The livestream will operate in the coming weeks from 11am to 9pm (local time) in Dublin and from 6am to 4pm (local time) in New York.
The council said the attraction has amassed tens of thousands of visitors and received almost two billion online impressions during its time in operation.
"The overwhelming majority of people who have visited the portal sculptures have experienced the sense of joy and connectedness that these works of public art invite people to have," the statement said.
It also reminded the public that the sculptures are not meant to be touched or stepped on.
The Dublin-New York portal is the second of its kind, following a portal that opened in May 2021 connecting Vilnius, Lithuania with Lublin, Poland.
Additional reporting by The Associated Press.
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