Anger in Kerry as graveyard wall for storing urns costs €120,000

Each niche will cost €1,200 and hold a maximum of two urns, first online meeting of Kerry County Council told 

Columbarium walls at Glasnevin Cemetery Dublin. The first columbarium wall for the storage of urns in a public graveyard in Kerry has cost €120,000.

The first columbarium wall for the storage of urns in a public graveyard in Kerry has cost €120,000 – and each niche comes with a price tag of €1,200, councillors in Kerry have been told.

Most of the larger graveyards in Kerry towns will now need a columbarium wall, along with “ash plots”, given increasing numbers opting for cremation, this month's full Kerry County Council meeting heard.