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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, September 08, 2025

QUESTION NO. 17

QUESTION: Councillor P. Holohan

To ask the Chief Executive what plans of improvement works on cemeteries in the SDCC area are listed for 2025?

REPLY:

The burial ground development works planned to take place in the current year are as follows -

  1. The construction of a Columbarium Wall in Esker burial ground has recently been completed,
  2. The construction of 132 plots in the Muslim Section of Newcastle burial ground is nearing completion,
  3. Provision has been made in the 2025 budget for the provision of a Columbarium Wall in Bohernabreena burial ground and works will commence Q4 2025,
  4. Provision has also been made for the surfacing and lining of the car parks at Bohernabreena and Newcastle burial grounds with works commencing Q4 2025,
  5. Other minor works will be carried out such as the provision of additional spaces in the local plot in Bohernabreena and the further development of cremation plots and angels plots in Bohernabreena as required.