Concern over new Cork graveyard bylaws

The dead will be “discriminated against” in some parts of Cork if new graveyard bylaws are adopted by the county council.

A clause in the draft bylaws states relatives will not be allowed to erect Celtic cross headstones for their loved ones in cemeteries other than those in the council’s municipal districts of Kanturk-Mallow and Fermoy.

Under the draft bylaws, a maximum height for headstones throughout the county will be set at 1.2 metres.