Call for compromise in row over family headstone

A compromise has been suggested in a bid to resolve a row over a Traveller family headstone which has been erected in a public cemetery without approval.

Cork City Council has asked the stonecutter who erected the monument in Glasheen’s historic St Finbarr’s Cemetery to make adjustments to ensure it complies with regulations.

Officials have suggested lowering the side railings and removing part of the structure — a marble book — from the foot of the grave.