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Laois cemetery volunteers fear being sued for damages

Volunteers who independently maintain Laois cemeteries are 'very worried' that they could be sued if the work they are doing caused an injury to the public. So claimed public representatives in Laois who raised the issue of liability and insurance ...

02 Apr 2022 at 21:53

Local News

Better access needed to ‘extremely busy’ Laois cemetery

Action is needed in Camross to improve access to the local cemetery which a councillor says is extremely busy. Cllr Conor Bergin, Fine Gael, wants Laois County Council to widen the existing entrance to the graveyard to allow hearses and cars to ...

08 Apr 2023 at 14:53

National News

Sinead O’Connor’s final resting place is peaceful spot in cemetery

The final resting place of the singer Sinead O’Connor is a peaceful plot in south Dublin called The Garden. Pale roses adorned her grave in Deansgrange cemetery, accompanied by blue hydrangeas that had surrounded her coffin as it was driven ...

09 Aug 2023 at 17:42

Local News

Appeal made to fix wheelchair ramp at Laois cemetery

Laois County Council should repair a ramp for wheelchair access to Rathdowney cemetery when it is fixing the entrance. That’s according to Cllr James Kelly, Independent, who made the appeal to the local authority while welcoming the ...

17 Feb 2023 at 07:53

National News

Robots examine 'suspicious object' left in Derry cemetery after Republican commemoration

A public safety operation is under way at a cemetery in Derry where an Easter Monday republican commemoration was staged, police have said. Derry’s City Cemetery was closed to visitors on Tuesday morning as officers examined the ...

11 Apr 2023 at 14:45

Local News

'Absolutely and totally ridiculous', Laois cemetery policy review requested

Laois County Council was asked to review its cemetery policy with a view to providing toilet facilities in some instances. Independent Cllr Ben Brennan raised the issue at the May meeting of Portarlington Graiguecullen ...

26 May 2023 at 20:23

Local News

Glasnevin Cemetery – It’s on your bucket list, right?

A seemingly unlikely place to visit this summer, but Glasnevin Cemetery is a must and if it isn’t on your bucket list now, it will be! Opened in 1832, Glasnevin is a hauntingly gorgeous Victorian Garden Cemetery, ...

04 Jul 2019 at 13:39

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People nicking stone from damaged wall in Laois cemetery

People are helping themselves to the stone from the broken down wall at Straboe cemetery, which was damaged by an Iarnrod Eireann contractor over a year ago and has still not been repaired. At the recent meeting ...

21 Nov 2017 at 13:59

Local News

Survey of trees in Laois council - run cemeteries next year

“It’s the intention next year to complete a survey of trees in Council-owned cemeteries,” Director of Services Donal Brennan told a Borris-in-Ossory / Mountmellick Municipal District meeting. He was replying to ...

06 Dec 2017 at 18:35

Crime & Court

Items stolen from graves in 'shameful' thefts at Laois cemetery

CCTV may have to be installed following a number of thefts from graves at a cemetery in Stradbally, a local councillor has said. Fianna Fail Cllr Paschal McEvoy described the recent thefts from Oakvale ...

23 Oct 2024 at 19:22

Local News

Burial space running out in a number of Laois cemeteries

Burial spaces in a number of locations across the county are running low, a council meeting has heard. Camross, Portlaoise and Killeshin were singled out as areas where cemeteries are in need of ...

17 Dec 2024 at 18:53

Local News

Laois residents can be buried in their own back garden, council meeting told

A council meeting was told people can apply to be buried in their back garden if they so wish. The issue arose when Independent Cllr Aisling Moran asked if the council would provide columbarium ...

27 Feb 2025 at 13:23

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