Cremations are taking over from burials due to cost

Cremations are taking over from burials at funerals in Dublin as they are less than a third of the price of a cemetery plot, according to a new TV documentary.

Way To Go, which examines the Irish attitude to death, reveals how grieving relatives are moving away from the traditional Irish send-off.

George McCullough, chief executive of Glasnevin Trust, the largest non-denominational graveyard in Ireland, said cremation is set to overtake the ritual of burial. “In the Dublin area and in our crematorium we are 50% burial, 50% cremation. Maybe even a little bit higher in cremation.