Now the Dublin South East Labour party is accepting submissions for a proposed new plague on www. oconnellbridge. net. According to Labour's Ruairi Quinn the site has attracted 25,000 hits and several hundred submissions. "Statements have been coming in. . . at a huge rate, " he said. "A great variety is included."

This is certainly true. One of the wittier suggestions was for a plaque to commemorate the wounding of Charlie Bird during the Love Ulster riots. "They should erect a plaque commemorating the great Munster victory over Leinster in 2006, " suggested one rugby fan. Another suggested commemorating "all the tax money contributed by non-Dublin people who will never use the Luas".

There has been a lot of support for a commemoration to the 1913 Lock-Out, the 1916 Rising, Daniel O'Connell and 'Mna na hEireann'. But many think Fr Noise should stay put. "The Irish people have a reputation of being 'a bit of craic' and Fr Noise was and should still be testament to this. Put the old plaque back!" wrote one punter.

Even Paddy Power is taking bets on who the plaque will be named after. Another idea for the new plaque was that it should commemorated Sunday Tribune journalist Eoghan Rice for spotting the prank in the first place. An excellent suggestion.