Violent clashes prompt council to install CCTV at graveyard

A local authority is considering installing CCTV cameras to overlook holy ground due to a number of violent clashes in a graveyard.

In recent years, Drumcliffe graveyard on the outskirts of Ennis, Co Clare, has become a flashpoint between feuding Traveller families.

One man lost a finger in a violent incident while, in March 2012, in a separate incident, two cousins turned up to a funeral there armed with machetes and wearing bullet-proof vests.