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Belfast artist aims to inspire 'hope'

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A street artist in Belfast has used his talent to create what he calls "a message of hope in desperate times". Glen Molloy said people need hope now as communities deal with the coronavirus crisis.

His image of Jesus is in an area that the artist refers to as "a bit of no man's land" between the Falls Road and Shankill Road near the peace line. "The painting is in a desolate place," Mr Molloy opined. "The peace line is not pleasant to look at.

It's just there, for a simple reason." Mr Molloy said his spray-painted mural is an adaptation of the Barack Obama 'Hope' poster, but in a different context.

The red, white and blue image took him 15-20 hours to paint over two days at the weekend. "It's easier for me to paint something and express

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