A LIVESTREAM portal between Dublin and New York is to be temporarily switched off as efforts continue to find solutions to address inappropriate behaviour in front of the installation.
Dublin City Council said a “preferred solution” involving blurring proved to be unsatisfactory and added that the portal would be switched off at 10pm on Tuesday.
The council said a small minority of people have engaged in “inappropriate behaviour” which has been amplified on social media.
Thousands of people have visited the two-way livestream portal, which gives a real-time view of New York.
The 24/7 portal is in north Dublin, facing O’Connell Street, while the American installation is in North Earl Street.
A portal was temporarily closed in the Irish capital earlier this week as changes in how the visual link operates were introduced.
A new city council statement on Tuesday night said: “The team behind the portal art sculpture, Portals.org, has been investigating possible technical solutions to inappropriate behaviour by a small minority of people in front of the portal.
“Unfortunately the preferred solution, which would have involved blurring, was not satisfactory.
“As a result the portal will be switched off at 10pm tonight and the team at Portals.org have told us they expect it will be switched back on later this week.
“We are delighted by how many people have been enjoying the portal since it was launched last week.
“It has become a global phenomenon and it is important to note that the overwhelming majority of people interacting with the Dublin portal have behaved appropriately.”
Videos on social media have shown some on the Irish side flashing body parts, displaying swear words on phone screens and showing images of the Twin Towers on 9/11.
Another woman was escorted away by Irish police after she was seen grinding against the portal.
This comes after an American OnlyFans model claimed she was the reason behind the portal being shut down over the weekend.
Claiming the link between NYC and Dublin was closed after she flashed her boobs at the people of Ireland, the model took credit for the mishap.
Ava Louise declared: “I thought the people of Dublin deserved to see my two New York homegrown potatoes.”
Busty American beauty Ava, 25, has now sparked a fresh storm by stepping phwoar-ward to claim she got the portal shut down at the weekend after flashing her boobs on the Big Apple side.
Portal flash
A furore has erupted after the OnlyFans and TikTok star, who has more than 400,000 followers on Instagram, released images of her whipping up her tank top.
And after receiving plenty of knockers off unimpressed punters online, Ava mounted a stiff defence of the saucy stunt.
She exclusively told The Irish Sun: “Everyone that was there thought it was really funny.
“Everyone on the New York City side really loved it, everyone on the Dublin side were pulling out their phones and filming it. Everyone had a smile on their face, they seemed to be really enjoying it.”