Plot shortage puts bereaved in ‘intolerable’ situation

Bereaved families are faced with “intolerable” situations over a continuing delay by Kerry County Council to secure land for a public burial site in Killarney.

An undertaker in the tourist town has warned of the potential friction caused within families at such a traumatic time in their lives.

Mary O’Shea, of O’Shea’s Funeral Home in Killarney, said there had been over 90 deaths in the town since April, leaving many families with “a difficult decision about where to bury a loved one”.