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Shaun Keenan

Belfast City Council announce time change to local cemetery site

Belfast City Council have announced that one of their cemetery sites will be operating on a reduced hours basis until further notice.

Dundonald cemetery will operating on specified days throughout the week, the council said.

Both Roselawn Cemetery and City Cemetery are already on a limited capacity.

It comes after cemeteries across the country reopened their gates following their closure due to Covid-19.

Graveyards were closed to the public in March when the lockdown measures were announced.

Belfast City Council said the reduced timetable for the cemeteries was in line with their approach to reopen the amenity on a "phased basis".

The council said that the three cemeteries outlined would now be opened from 5:15pm - 8pm on Tuesday and Thursday evenings and from 10am-6pm on Sunday's.

A spokesperson said it the decision was made in order to "safely manage the facility and protect our staff and members of the public".

The council did not specify when normal opening hours would return to the cemeteries, but said that gates would remain open everyday at Knockbreda Cemetery.

A Belfast City Council statement read: "We understand this is an extremely sensitive issue for families, especially those who have lost loved ones during these exceptionally difficult circumstances, and for those wishing to visit the graves of loved ones.

"Arrangements for cremations and burials at this time remain unchanged.

"For further information and details on opening hours at our cemeteries, visit  belfastcity.gov.uk/cemeteries."

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