Council to introduce headstone permits after size row

A CITY council is to introduce strict restrictions on the size of headstones in its cemeteries following the furore surrounding a huge monument erected to a well-known horse dealer.

From next week all bereaved families will have to apply for permission to erect headstones in all four cemeteries maintained by Cork City Council.

The move follows an outcry after the family of the late Tommy Kiely recently erected a 15ft x 20ft monument to his memory.