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The cost of burial plots in south Dublin is set to increase by a third next year while the cost of a cremation plot is set to rise by 80 per cent.
South Dublin County Council voted yesterday to increase the cost of plots from January 1st for the second year in a row.
The cost of a single burial plot will increase by a third from €1,800 to €2,400. This is a doubling of the cost since 2011.
The cost of a double burial plot will also increase by a third from €3,600 to €4,800. A cremation plot will increase from €550 to €1,000. The 12 other burial ground charges are frozen for 2013. The cost of an Islamic plot, which doubled last year, will not increase.