Wheelspins in cemetery at Cork city funeral prompt calls for new rules

An independent city councillor said the incident 'caused significant distress and upset to individuals with loved ones buried in the cemetery.'

Footage has emerged of someone revving a Toyota Altezza's engine and spinning its rear wheels repeatedly to burn rubber in the internal roads of Kilcully Cemetery on the city’s northside during a funeral, as mourners look on from just few feet away.

New rules to control vehicular access to Cork city’s cemeteries are required, a city councillor has said, after wheelspins were performed in a car which drove into a cemetery during a recent funeral.

Footage has emerged of someone revving a Toyota Altezza's engine and spinning its rear wheels repeatedly to burn rubber in the internal roads of Kilcully Cemetery on the city’s northside during a funeral, as mourners look on from just few feet away.