| Culzie | Date: Tuesday, 2012-04-17, 3:17 PM | Message # 1 |
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| Vandals ? I'm just wondering were there any of the Catholic graves/headstones vandalised. Or how about Milltown cemetery further along the Falls Rd and the republican plot there. The media again turning a blind eye but always in the one direction.
17 April 2012 Last updated at 06:10
Belfast City Cemetery war memorial may move over vandalism threat
A World War One memorial in Belfast City Cemetery may be moved to reduce the risk of it being attacked by vandals.
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission memorial at the Falls Road cemetery was damaged in an attack in August 2011.
The War Graves Commission has proposed that the screen wall memorial, which contains the names of 296 dead soldiers, be removed and a new one erected in a different part of the cemetery.
Belfast City Council has provisionally agreed to the proposal.
The screen wall memorial dates from the late 1920s and the War Graves Commission has written to the council about its future.
In its letter, it said the memorial was "the constant subject of attack by vandals over the years".
It put forward three options to the council for the memorial, two of which would involve repairing the existing wall or designing a new one to replace the existing structure.
However, the commission said its preferred option was to "remove the screen wall and erect a new screen wall at a more suitable location down in the service plot area" of the cemetery.
The matter is under consideration by the council's parks and leisure committee, which has provisionally decided to move the memorial wall, subject to further information and legal agreements.
15 August 2011 Last updated at 17:55
Belfast City Cemetery war memorial vandalised
A war memorial at Belfast City Cemetery has been damaged in an attack believed to have happened at the weekend.
It is thought the damage to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission memorial at the Falls Road cemetery will cost thousands of pounds to fix.
It is believed a hammer or iron bar was used by the vandals.
They broke off a chunk of a wall which features the names of all the fallen buried in the cemetery. Graffiti was daubed on another part of the wall.
BBC NI reporter Rosie Billingham, at the scene, said that a significant piece of the nearby "Cross of Sacrifice" had also been broken off.
Altogether, she added, about eight blocks were damaged in the attack.
Some of the graffiti has now been cleaned up.
There are more than 370 war graves in the 101-acre burial ground.
Sinn Fein councillor Steven Corr, who is chair of the city council's parks committee, said those responsible should "catch themselves on".
He said council staff and local community representatives had worked in partnership to improve the cemetery.
"This is important not just to show respect for those visiting loved ones buried there, but it also helps attract thousands of tourists a year to an area which needs to utilise all its community assets to help boost its economic future," he added.
"This mindless attack is part of a recent upsurge in vandalism which we and the community are determined to tackle.
"The individuals involved in this attack need to catch themselves on and start contributing to their community rather than destroying it."
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| RSAUB | Date: Tuesday, 2012-04-17, 8:27 PM | Message # 2 |
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| Fenian vermin!
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