Engineers offer to restore cross destroyed on summit

Church authorities, gardaí, and locals remain mystified about the motive for cutting down a landmark Christian cross at the summit of Ireland’s highest mountain.

The cross, which was felled on Friday night or early on Saturday morning.

Kerry’s Bishop Ray Browne yesterday said he was “saddened and upset” at the destruction of the monument, which mountain climbers and hillwalkers on Carrantuohill had looked on with fondness for almost 40 years.