Vandals use JCB to destroy graveyard

OVER €80,000 of damage has been caused to headstones and machinery in an act of mindless vandalism at Glasnevin Cemetery in Dublin.

Intruders used a JCB stored within the grounds to smash a large number of headstones in the graveyard in the early hours of yesterday morning.

Cemetery officials say the vandals broke into a machinery compound within Glasnevin some time after 4am yesterday before going on a rampage with the JCB through the graveyard.