Smiles, waves – and flashed body parts: video portal links Dublin and New York

Dubliners urged to give Irish welcome' via interactive sculpture but bad behaviour is also on display

Rain sluiced down on a grey Dublin afternoon but the crowd clustering around the portal ignored the downpour and waved at a man cycling towards the screen on a sunny morning in Manhattan.

He gazed back, waved and wobbled before recovering his balance and vanishing down Fifth Avenue, eliciting a cheer from the sodden observers on North Earl Street.