Petition is successful with 617 signatures
To: Meath County Council, TD Thomas Byrne, TD Darren O'Rourke, TD Helen McEntee, Cllr Alan Tobin, Cllr Helen Meyer, Cllr Conor Tormey, Cllr Joe Bonner
St. Declan's Graveyard, Ashbourne - Open the gates at weekends!
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Please join me in the very important petition, to request that the graveyard gates be opened at the weekends. Currently, the gates are locked at the weekends, the most important time for the majority of families to visit their loved ones. (Separately, the gates are only open on weekdays until 3.15pm. which also needs to be reviewed).
Despite there being a large car park inside, people have to park on the extremely busy N2 road, and then have to try to cross the heavily trafficked road, which is really dangerous. This situation is an accident waiting to happen, when someone gets hit by a speeding vehicle. A lot of the people visiting are elderly and are unable to walk from the road into the graveyard, so cannot go at the weekends. This really is an unacceptable situation.
I would like to request that the graveyard gates be opened, until the very least, 8pm summertime, and 5pm wintertime. Please join me in this so as everyone, especially the elderly, have a basic human right to visit their departed loved ones, SAFELY! 🙏
Thank you in advance,
Michelle Matthews
*** Please pass on this petition to as many people as you can that are affected by this situation. The more signatures we get, the better chance we have! Nothing has been done about it for years!
Despite there being a large car park inside, people have to park on the extremely busy N2 road, and then have to try to cross the heavily trafficked road, which is really dangerous. This situation is an accident waiting to happen, when someone gets hit by a speeding vehicle. A lot of the people visiting are elderly and are unable to walk from the road into the graveyard, so cannot go at the weekends. This really is an unacceptable situation.
I would like to request that the graveyard gates be opened, until the very least, 8pm summertime, and 5pm wintertime. Please join me in this so as everyone, especially the elderly, have a basic human right to visit their departed loved ones, SAFELY! 🙏
Thank you in advance,
Michelle Matthews
*** Please pass on this petition to as many people as you can that are affected by this situation. The more signatures we get, the better chance we have! Nothing has been done about it for years!
Why is this important?
- Currently, the gates are locked at the weekends, the most important time for the majority of families to visit their loved ones.
- Despite there being a large car park inside, people have to park on the very busy N2 road and then have to try to cross this extremely busy road, which is really dangerous.
- A lot of the people visiting are elderly and are unable to walk from the road into the graveyard, so cannot go at the weekends. This really is an unacceptable situation.
- So as everyone, especially the elderly, have a basic human right to visit departed loved ones, SAFELY!