2018-04-23 · Dublin
Mentally-ill man damaged de Valera headstone
John Moore, 59, pleaded guilty to criminal damage for breaking and painting over Eamon de Valera's headstone at Glasnevin cemetery on 25 January 2017. He fractured the four‑foot stone into two pieces and poured red paint on it, causing €5,675 in damage. Gardaí found him in the cemetery coffee shop with red paint on his hands and a hammer in his…