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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

The Guardian - UK · Jan 22, 2022

Hunt for men who brought dead body into post office in bizarre bid to collect pension

When the worker at the store in Carlow, in south-east Ireland, raised her concerns, the suspects dropped the body of Peadar Doyle on the floor and fled the scene

Daily Mirror · Jan 22, 2022

Gardai hunt men who brought dead man into Carlow post office in bizarre bid to collect his pension

The brazen duo propped the retiree’s corpse up on their shoulders, but a staff member quickly noticed the elderly man was ashen-faced and possibly dead. They then called gardai who are now investigating

Irish Mirror · Jan 22, 2022