‘I felt I had to do it to honour the dead and their families,’ the artist said.
Artist Brian Hackett pictured with his ‘Minab’ sculpture outside his workshop in Ballylongford. Photos by Jack Joy
A north Kerry artist who is horrified by the violence in the Middle East has crafted a sculpture to honour the dozens who died in a missile strike on a primary school in Iran.
Brian Hackett (60), a metalsmith who lives in Ballylongford, created the sculpture to remember the more than 160 people – mostly children – who died when Shajareh Tayyebeh school in Minab was hit as the US and Israeli war on Iran commenced on February 28.