Families to continue digging graves

A TRADITIONAL burial custom is likely to be safeguarded after the Health and Safety Authority (HSA) said it was not preventing family members from digging loved one’s graves.

A row erupted after Cork County Council announced a raft of controversial new bylaws which included prohibiting relatives and friends of a deceased from digging the burial plot.

Earlier this week, the council postponed for six months the planned implementation of the bylaws.