Few takers for €700-a-year Cork grave registration job

Officials said they can’t free up employees to plug the gaps as they are short-staffed and over-stretched.

In rural parts of County Cork, concerns have been raised that people will no longer do the job and that could lead to mix-ups with burials and a loss of vital genealogical records in the years to come. File photo: Pexels

The task of registering graves is fast becoming a ‘dead-end' job as the pay is so poor. 

In rural parts of County Cork, concerns have been raised that people will no longer do the job and that could lead to mix-ups with burials and a loss of vital genealogical records in the years to come.