New York To Dublin Video Portal (Unsurprisingly) Brings Out The Worst In People

An attempt to connect people on both sides of the Atlantic has gone terribly awry after a pair of video portals linking New York and Dublin became the sites of pure debauchery.

Last week, a circular, eight-foot-wide screen weighing 3.5 tonnes was erected in each city, broadcasting live 24/7 video from New York’s Flatiron District to Dublin’s busy O’Connell Street, and vice versa.

The Big Apple’s chief public realm officer, Ya-Ting Liu, marvelled at how “two amazing global cities” were...