BREAKING: Kildare Co Council allows local shop unit to be converted into funeral home

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Local authority gives approval

A planning application was has been approved by Kildare County Council to convert a retail unit into a funeral home.

Well-known undertaker Oliver Reilly Undertakers Limited sought change of use of a retail convenience unit and workshop in Sallins for use as a funeral home.

The ground floor property in The Waterways area will also incorporate new internal changes and signs, according to planning documents.

The redevelopment of the 350 square metre facility will have an estimated construction value of over €400,000, according to the Construction Information Services database.

Oliver Reilly Undertakers, which was founded in 1963 by Oliver Reilly Snr, already has funeral homes in Prosperous, Clane and Maynooth.

In 1975, Oliver’s son Sean took over, moving the business forward, by increasing the number of funeral homes to expand the area served to cover most of North Kildare including Prosperous, Clane, Kilcock, Maynooth, Coill Dubh, Robertstown, Allen, Kilmeague, Donadea, Staplestown, Sallins, Straffan, Newtown, Caragh and some parts of Dublin.