Conservationists warn against park graveyard plan

A HANDS-OFF warning has been given to people who want to provide a graveyard in a section of the 26,000-acre Killarney National Park, where there are strict controls on development.

The Killarney Nature Conservation Group (KNCG) has come out strongly against a campaign targeting a roadside field on the edge of the park as being suitable to meet what could soon be a crisis situation regarding burial spaces.

Space in local graveyards is running out and Killarney Town Council and Kerry politicians have requested Environment Minister Dick Roche to provide a parcel of land for a new graveyard, in the Muckross area.