Probe of Carrauntoohil summit cross vandalism

A garda scene-of-crime unit is being dispatched today to the top of Ireland’s highest mountain, Carrauntoohil, near Killarney after a mountain-top Christian cross was discovered to have been felled.

The destruction of the 38-year-old summit steel cross, which stood just under 2m, was discovered by climbers on Saturday morning and posted on the Kerry Climbing website.

The group was guiding walkers from the Royal College of Surgeons when it was told the cross had been cut down.