Should a council dictate what you put on a grave? Grief stricken daughter in battle with their demands

Oct 14, 2015, 10:12 AM

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Now when it comes to your loved one's grave should you be able keep it how you see fitting? Well one Coleraine woman says she's been asked to remove astro turf from her mother's grave by Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council, Even though it's also on other plots at the council owned cemetery in the town. Tracy McCrudden and her two sisters visit their mother's graveside up to three times a day - it's neat, tidy and adorned in flowers and other ornaments. She says it should be up to relatives to maintain the plot how they wish and now she's started a petition which already has more than 2,000 signatures....Tracy spoke to Stephen this morning