Mid and East Antrim cemetery rules reviewed after wreath removal request

By Michelle Weir, Local Democracy Reporter
Published 16th Mar 2023, 09:45 BST
Updated 16th Mar 2023, 09:45 BST
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A public consultation over cemetery rules has been launched as part of a review in Mid and East Antrim Borough.

Councillors have been advised the legacy Carrickfergus and Ballymena councils had different rules and regulations and Larne had none. The current guidelines have been in place since autumn 2017.

Concerns were raised last year over a regulation requiring the removal of festive tributes and wreaths after the Christmas period from graves in council-managed cemeteries when a notice appeared at Islandmagee Cemetery.

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