Cork to get eco-burial plots in cemetery extension 

Unlike traditional cemeteries, where plots are laid out in a linear style, eco-graveyard plots are laid out irregularly, linked by winding grassy avenues

A burial plot in the Woodbrook Natural Burial Ground in Wexford, marked with a tree. St Catherine's Cemetery will include burial plots similar to this one under new plans. Picture: The Green Graveyard Company.

Ireland’s first publicly owned eco-burial plots are to be developed in Cork city as part of a major extension of an historic cemetery.

City councillors approved the expansion of St Catherine’s Cemetery at Kilcully on Monday night after considering a Part 8 report on the proposal, details of which were first reported by the Irish Examiner in 2022.