‘Massive’ 15 foot headstone sparks calls for limit to be introduced

A FORMER lord mayor of Cork is to ask the city council to cap the height and width of headstones used in graveyards.

Councillor Joe O’Callaghan is to put forward a motion at the next meeting of Cork City Council, after a 15.5ft high, 20ft wide gravestone was erected at Kilcully Cemetery, on the northside of the city.

“It dwarfs everything else in the graveyard by a mile and it is completely out of character with what is recognised as a showpiece graveyard,” the Fine Gael Cllr said.