Deceased go online as council uploads burial register

THE dead went online in Limerick yesterday when the city council became the first local authority in the country to put its burial register on the internet.

Burial records for the city’s largest cemetery, Mount Saint Lawrence, dating back more than 150 years, will now be easily available online.

A spokesperson said: “We wanted to ensure that a preservation copy of these vital Limerick records was created and commissioned local firm Medrex Systems to microfilm the records and to convert these into digital format.