In this programme, looking at an innovative Dublin City Council proposal to protect the heritage of Dublin’s old cemeteries. Typically these space have been closed to new burials for decades so have been locked to the public for many years.
Labour councillor Dermot Lacey has proposed a way to open these peaceful green biodiverse areas spaces again by sensitively integrating columbarium walls. These are structures used to house urns of cremated remains. This would allow for local families to have an alternative for interments of a loved ones ashes.
The cemeteries that are being assessed include old burial grounds in Bluebell, Merrion and Clontarf with the pilot of the proposal being conducted in Donnybrook graveyard. The plan would also include supports for biodiversity in these urban green spaces.
