Killarney burial problem expected to be solved ‘in the next month’

PROGRESS has been made in acquiring badly-needed land for a burial ground in a tourist town.

A serious shortage of grave space currently exists in three public cemeteries serving Killarney, with fewer than 100 new burial spaces available.

Local authorities have been trying unsuccessfully for several years to buy additional land but a statement by Killarney Town Council manager John Breen reporting “significant progress” was welcomed at this month’s council meeting.