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UP TO 27 monuments at the Goldenbridge cemetery in Dublin have been destroyed in recent days by vandals who knocked over headstones smashing some into pieces.
Today the Glasnevin Trust confirmed the vandalism of the Victorian and pre-Victorian monuments. In statement it said the cemetery has been the target of similar destructive vandalism on a number of occasions in the past couple of years.
The trust has been engaging with gardaí to bring an end to what it described as “truly distressing acts of targeted vandalism”.
Currently, Goldenbridge Cemetery is locked and visited by appointment only, given that there are now relatively few burials at the cemetery.
Fine Gael TD Catherine Byrne said she was angry to hear about the vandalism.
“I have been working for many years to try and get this historic cemetery reopened as a living cemetery so people from Dublin 8, 10 and 12 can bury their loved ones locally,” she said.
After the Glasnevin Trust took on the project, it announced up to 1,000 grave plots could be made available.
“These vandals and criminals will not stop this project going ahead and I am determined that local people will not be held to ransom by them. Local people should be able to bury their loved ones with dignity in this cemetery,” the TD said.
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I hope that this tragedy has reinforced the importance of freedom of expression and highlighted the ever-widening gap between religious extremists and the core of our society.
Agreed Mike and also an intolerance of those whe aren’t religious extremists but who seek to use religion to control people in particular women. There are lots of those who aren’t remotely considered extremist.
That was very thoughtful of him. Fair play. Deepest condolences and continued support to all the people of France. Such a difficult time for them all.
Ah the Irish, great bunch of lads!
J’aime La France
J’adore France. Every effort should be taken by the Irish government to combat Muslim extremism in Ireland and in Europe, I think the government should give serious consideration to the establishment of an independent security/intelligence service along the lines of MI5. While I’m sure Special Branch and G2 good work they are only branches of the Garda Siochana and Defence Forces respectively. A single agency working in conjunction with them is needed also.
P.S. Don’t insult the Jews or make jokes about terrorists , the rest is grand.
Are we loosing our own moral compass or even good manners if we think we can insult regardless?
By all means attack values that inhibit freedoms such as single sex schools, no sport for girls and the social and family pressures to wear the hajib.
We can CHOOSE to insult or not. If you’ve no choice in the first place then someone else is controlling your ‘moral compass’. No thanks.
Freedom of speech me bollix . Everyone bouncing about “pen is mightier than the sword” . Record sales in a crap magizine. Purposely slaggin of islam. But u say one word bad about jews ir zionist u r in real trouble.
Not true. Charlie Hebdo satirises Jewish leaders on a regular basis.
Well all I read about is people being aressted or fined and banned from there work. See it all the time.
Charlie Hebdo actuallly fired one of their employees for insulting the son of Sarkozy who is Jewish , he refused to apoligize.
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