Headline of the day: Limerick Councillor is deadly serious about cemetery problem

Sometimes a headline just writes itself, and this excellent effort from the Limerick Leader is a prime example.

By Adrian Collins

You'll have to go a long way to find a headline as brilliant as this effort from the Limerick Leader today, as one politician declared a local cemetery 'a death trap'

The cemetary is due to be enlarged, and Councillor Kevin Sheahan is concerned that the parties responsible haven't considered how close it is to a major road.

As it turns out that there's a concern over the traffic outside the cemetery, which is situated near Askeaton, on the N69 in a 100 kmph speed limit zone, and on days where there's a funeral, an accident could be caused.

Obviously, there's no laughing matter there, and Sheahan is right to be concerned, but he possibly could have chosen his words more carefully. Still, we doth our cap to Gerard Fitzgibbon who wrote the article, well played sir.