Annaghdown meeting to discuss charitable company to run new cemetery

Galway Bay fm newsroom – The Annaghdown local action committee will meet today to discuss the potential establishment of a charitable company to run a new cemetery.
A public meeting held in recent weeks voted overwhelmingly for the move, as the long-running search for a suitable site continues.
The existing cemetery in Annaghdown is at full capacity and has been for some time, but considerable efforts to secure a suitable site have so far proved fruitless.
To date, nine sites have been examined, but excessive land prices, protected statuses, and unsuitable conditions and have all scuppered plans for expansion.
At a recent meeting in Dublin, the local action committee was informed that the preferred site, adjacent to the current cemetery, is not suitable due to its protected status.
A further site located across the road is now currently under investigation.
A public meeting held in recent weeks voted overwhelmingly to establish a charitable company, limited by guarantee, to take responsibility for a new cemetery.
The local action committee will now meet this evening to discuss such a move, in the hope of advancing the search for a new cemetery for Annaghdown.