Meanwhile in Eire.....

[MBE2017]

The world is not going crazy, it’s gone way beyond that now....

Irishman who took dead uncle to collect pension insists he was alive

Declan Haughney, 40, (pictured) claimed he was not trying to rob Peadar Doyle, 66, after he and his friend dragged his uncle's corpse to a post office in Carlow, Ireland, to collect his pension.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[Deleted member 335660]

Well you must be a bit crazy to read the Daily Mail.

 

[Scalloway]

The story was also in the Mirror, Guardian, Telegraph and the BBC website.

 

[Deleted member 335660]

The story was also in the Mirror, Guardian, Telegraph and the BBC website.

Well I could not find it in Guardian or BBC, was jus interested to see their slant on it. Anyway, they should have at least offered condolences for the poor man.

 

[Scalloway]

Carlow body: Inquiry after 'dead man' taken into post office

Carlow body: Inquiry after 'dead man' taken into post office

Reports suggest a deceased pensioner was "propped up by two men" who tried to claim his pension.

www.bbc.co.uk

Deceased man ‘propped up’ by two men as they walked into the building in County Carlow on Friday morning

Two men take corpse into Irish post office to claim dead man’s pension

Deceased man ‘propped up’ by two men as they walked into the building in County Carlow on Friday morning

www.theguardian.com

 

[MikeJ]

There's no such place as "Eire", any more than there's somewhere called "Gaul" or "Alba".

(at least in terms of countries...)

 

[DontAsk]

There's no such place as "Eire", any more than there's somewhere called "Gaul" or "Alba".

(at least in terms of countries...)

Eire does indeed exist, but it's a bit more complicated than that.

It generally doesn't go down well with the Irish to use Eire, rather than Ireland, for historical and political reasons, especially those who believe there should be only one Ireland.