Council gives man, 90, three weeks to restore family vault he painted yellow

A local authority’s warning to a 90-year-old bachelor to repaint his family vault has been described as “bureaucracy gone mad”.

Clare County Council has given PJ Curtin from Craggaknock, Mullagh, three weeks to repaint it or else pay for any costs incurred by the local authority.

After his cottage was painted, he used the leftovers for the tomb.