Council accused of 'disrespect' for relying on community groups to clean up Cork graveyards

A tense debate in Cork County Council demanded more money be spent on maintaining graveyards, with complaints of rubbish, discarded wreaths and high grass in many areas

Cork county councillors have accused the local authority of abdicating its responsibility for maintaining many graveyards properly.  Picture: Andy Gibson

Cork county councillors have accused the local authority of abdicating its responsibility for maintaining many graveyards properly, which they say is showing disrespect for the dead and those left grieving for them.

There was a lengthy debate in County Hall after two councillors proposed that far more money must be spent on graveyard maintenance across the county and that many voluntary and community groups have been forced to take up the slack because the council isn’t doing what it should.