A 'developer' group has applied for planning permission to build on the old Huguenot cemetery in Carey's Lane, Cork City, and the Shandon Court Hotel (former North Infirmary) want to build an extension on the old St. Anne Shandon graveyard behind them. (While the old Huguenot Cemetary site was sold off by the Methodists over a hundred years ago, the Representative Church Body (Church of Ireland) sold the Shandon cemetary land to the hotel only recently). These applications are no doubt being pursued in the belief that no one cares. I believe they should be objected to loudly especially by the worldwide Cork genealogical community. These are some of your ancestors graves and they are being desecrated by people who if they get away with it will soon have golf courses on any rural cemetary they can get their hands on. The barbarians are as active in Ireland as everywhere else. To object you must cite the following numbers: T.P. 24795/00 for the Carey's Lane Development (Huguenot Cemetary) and TP 24932/01 for the John Redmond St. Development (St. Anne Shandon Cemetery) And the address to send these objections is: Town Planning Department, Cork Corporation, Abbey Court House, Georges Quay, Cork Regards, Donnacha