A mother's battle to stop a Cemetery Committee removing her beloved daughter's headstone

Jun 21, 2019, 09:37 AM

A heartbroken mother says she is being forced to remove her daughter's headstone after a Church Committee said it contravened the rules and regulations of the cemetery. Loretta Nolan's daughter, Emma Louise, died last year aged just 23 years old. She left behind a five year old son. Her little boy picked the design of a pink butterfly headstone to remember his mummy - but just a few weeks before it was due to be installed at Hannahstown Cemetery in Belfast the Cemetery Committee said it did not comply with their regulations. The Nolan family are one of a number of families that have been asked to remove their loved ones headstones. Our reporter, Nicola Weir, went to meet Loretta at her daughter's graveside.