'It beggars belief': Council apologises after dead horse stored at Cork cemetery

Carcass was temporarily put in St Senan's Cemetery in Tower as a health and safety measure but council says it was not 'buried' there

Councillor Damien Boylan said he could understand why families of people interred at St Senan’s Cemetery in Tower, on the western edge of Cork City, would find the incident upsetting.  File picture: Pexels

Cork City Council has apologised for any upset caused by the temporary storage of a dead horse at one its cemeteries.

The apology was issued on Monday after claims that a dead horse had been buried in an area of the council-managed St Senan’s Cemetery in Tower. Local Independent councillor Ken O’Flynn said the council’s version of events differs from local reports about what unfolded last Thursday.