'As a family we're absolutely heartbroken about all of this and it's disgraceful the way my father's grave was dealt with.'
A Belfast woman says her family have been left "heartbroken" over the circumstances surrounding her father's burial.Mr Silvey had passed away 10 days earlier at the age of 67 following a battle with stomach cancer.His family - which includes his wife Elizabeth , four children Elizabeth, David, Gareth and Nicola and 11 grandchildren - had wanted to bury him in the family plot at Carnmoney.
"He didn't want to be buried at Roselawn but Carnmoney had no more graves available so we had no choice. The grave that was dug for him was so wide that you could have fitted at least another coffin in beside him. "Two of these flowers alone cost over £240 and the hours of work that went into these by the florist to be delivered the day of the funeral and wrecked a few days later.
"I have had to take it away and try to have it reassembled with artificial flowers for when the headstone goes up In an email seen by Belfast Live, a council spokesperson said: "Can I firstly apologise for the way in which staff conducted themselves at the end of your committal and for the way in which you found the flowers a few days later.
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