Cemetery CCTV plan

The council is considering the cost of installing CCTV in a bid to stop vandalism and damage to graves and headstones.

The council had received five complaints since March about memorial works being struck by vehicles.

And there had also been incidents of vandalism to graves which had happened after staff left the site each day.

A three-month trial was conducted by the council closing the vehicle access gate each afternoon from 4pm.

With council staff covering cemeteries at Magheralin, Donaghcloney, Shankill and Lynastown it was proposed the council examine the cost of CCTV as there could not always be a physical presence at the site.