Irish Examiner view: Finding a new way of death

The tranquillity of woodland burial is likely to become a more common experience

A burial plot in Woodbrook Natural Burial Ground in Wexford. Plans are in place in Cork City for Ireland's second natural burial ground. Picture: The Green Graveyard Co

As we learn to live more sustainably there is an increasing and fast-rising level of interest in the last stage of that journey, the way we choose our departure from this world and our final resting place.

Ireland has one natural burial ground, in Killane, Co Wexford, and now plans are in place for a second as part of a major extension of St Catherine’s Cemetery in Kilcully, on Cork City’s northside. Details will be published soon for public consultation as part of the Part 8 planning process.