Farmers ‘should be allowed bury relatives at home’

A LOCAL authority is seeking ministerial approval to permit farmers to bury deceased relatives on their home soil.

Independent Clare councillor James Breen declared: “What can be more sacred to a farmer than a place where he reared his family or raised his cattle?”

The ex-TD told a meeting of Clare County Council: “A farmer or his family should have the option of being buried on their own land.”