The popemobile from the 1979 visit of Pope John Paul II was back on the streets of Dublin this morning.
The vehicle, which is owned by the National Wax Museum, had been in storage since the museum moved location in 2006, but was recently restored by the museum.
It has been renamed The Hope Mobile, and will be made available for charities to use for fund-raising activities.
The museum also unveiled a new waxwork of Pope Francis and the waxwork of John Paul II, which was recently restored.
Locals and tourists on O'Connell Street were confused and surprised when the museum owners took the two wax works, along with one of Pope Benedict, on the Popemobile for a drive through the streets of Dublin.
