Natural burial business to expand

THE man behind Ireland’s first natural cemetery is planning to open up to eight more burial grounds across the country.

Colin McAteer’s Green Graveyard Company has already taken bookings for 120 plots and held its first ever green burial since its eco-friendly cemetery in Killane, Co Wexford, opened earlier last month.

The novel cemetery, where the deceased are offered a green resting place surrounded by native Irish trees, flowers and wildlife, has proved such a draw that Mr McAteer has decided to open similar facilities across all four provinces.