Gravedigger admits damaging 16 gravestones in Ballincollig cemetery

The total cost of the damage is estimated to be around €2,500

Pat McSweeney outside court today, where he was charged with damaging gravestones. Photo: Michael Mac Sweeney/Cork Courts

A 63-year-old gravedigger confessed to charges of causing criminal damage to 16 gravestones at a cemetery in Ballincollig.

Pat McSweeney of Marian Terrace, Douglas Road, Grange, Cork, was back before Cork District Court where Judge Olann Kelleher accepted jurisdiction for the case and the defence solicitor, Frank Buttimer, indicated that the defendant was pleading guilty to all charges.