Dramatic rise in number of deaths

March 1986

The opening months of 1986 have a brought a dramatic increase in the number of deaths in Wexford town.

The number of burials at St. Ibar’s Cemetery in Crosstown in the first ten weeks of the year is up by one-third on last year, and up by almost 70% on the year before.

The most startling increase has taken place this month, with a burial a day on most days,