Increased concern on the shortage of burial space throughout the North West
More communities throughout the north west are becoming increasingly concerned over the shortage of space in burial grounds. And a meeting of Sligo County Council has heard the day now appears to be gone when landowners donate an area for use as a cemetery or graveyard extension. It means the…
New graveyard needed in Monasteraden in South Sligo
Landowners in the Monasteraden area of South Sligo are being asked to come forward in relation to the identification of lands suitable for a new graveyard in the area. The current graveyard in Monasteraden Cemetery is now full to capacity. The issue was brought to the attention of Sligo County…
‘Water has to be pumped from graves before remains arrive’
A Sligo councillor says drainage is so bad in a cemetery in the south of the county that, sometimes, water has to be pumped from graves just before remains arrive to be buried. Fianna Fail Councillor Keith Henry says it’s now got to the stage that some people are thinking…