What should be done with the vehicles that were used by Pope John Paul II on his visit to Ireland?
The popemobiles were two vehicles purpose built for the papal visit to Ireland in 1979. The company that built the popemobile, OBAM Vehicle Builders Ltd in Cork, has already scrapped one of the vehicles and dismantled the other. The former Bishop of Cork Dr Cornelius Lucey has now intervened as he felt that,
They should be preserved as momentos of a unique occasion.
However, it is too late to save the smaller one which is now just a pile of scrap. The larger popemobile used in Pope John Paul II's visit at the Phoenix Park and in Galway still survives.