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24 Oct 2025

PHOTOS: Not a Halloween Prank: Car crashes through cemetery wall and damages graves

PHOTOS: Not a Halloween Prank: Car crashes through cemetery wall and damages graves

The car at the scene with damaged headstones visible / Photo: Dublin Fire Brigade

This was the incredible scene when a car lost control and drove through the wall of a cemetery in north Dublin.

The incident happened in the Donabate area.

Several headstones and graves were damaged. 

Dublin Fire Brigade said that firefighters used specialised cutting equipment to remove a person from the vehicle. 

A spokesperson added: "The patient was kept stable by Firefighter Paramedics while the roof was removed and then they were transported to hospital by ambulance.

"Unfortunately several graves were damaged."

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