War Memorial fears dismissed

FEARS expressed on social networking sites that Ballymena’s First World War Memorial has been damaged by vandals have been allayed today (Tuesday) by Ballymena Borough Council.

Over the past couple of days Facebook and Twitter have been trending about vandalism at the historic memorial.

Ballymena Borough Council, however, reacted swiftly to dispel any concerns pointing out that “no damage has been done to the memorial”.

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A spokesperson told The Ballymena Times: “We are in the process of doing work to the obelisk - maintenance work such as cleaning, repointing and grouting, and this will probably continue up until Christmas, depending on the weather..

“Obviously people have seen the scaffolding and maybe drawn the wrong conclusion.”