[1] The scope of the project also included a large regeneration of Navan town centre, with the planting of trees and grass, the placing of new lighting at a ground level, and the provision of stone benches.

The body of the Bull is sculpted out of limestone, a rock indigenous to the east of Ireland, and it stands 1.6 meters tall with a weight estimated at 16 tonnes.

The scale of the economic activity in the market square is reflected in this 19th century editorial of the Meath People, a local paper.

Commenting on the state of the locality on market days it reads,It is a literal fact that from the Commons Road down to the Railway Bridge there are fully two inches of horse manure, saturated hay and sludge of every description, covering the streets from one side to the other to the great enjoyment of pigs and geese.

The market became far less significant in terms of the food supply and eventually was phased out to later be replaced with open space and public toilets in the 1970s.

Councillor Shane Cassells defended the location of the bull stating "I am delighted that, after such a long time, it is finally in place.

Others, however, pointed out the safety hazard of the bull being placed in the centre of Navan's night-life district, in close proximity to 3 nightclubs and a number of local pubs.

Pryle noted sarcastically that the monument would "keep the casualty (unit) at Navan Hospital open" on account of people climbing it.

Councillor Cassells, a proponent of the bull, noted however that it had been fully funded by the Irish Government through Per Cent Art Scheme, and thus local rate-payers were not affected.

Paddy Pyrle noted that the bull was very similar to another sculpture on the Nenagh bypass, also designed by the sculptor Colin Grehan.