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GeniusMusing (geniusmusing@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 22-Jan-2022 18:38:18 UTC GeniusMusing Two men take corpse into Irish post office to claim dead man’s pension Ireland | The Guardian
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>Gardaí have launched an investigation after two men carried a dead body into an Irish post office in an apparent attempt to claim his pension.
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>The deceased pensioner was described in reports as being “propped up” by the men as they walked into the building in County Carlow on Friday morning.
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>The outlandish series of events began when one of the men entered the post office at about 11.30am on Friday, asking to collect a pension payment for an older man, the Irish Times reported. He was refused, with staff informing him that the pensioner would have to be present in order for the money to be handed over.
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>The man returned soon after with two other men, one of whom was in his 60s and appeared to be being supported by the two others. The younger men asked to be given his pension payment.
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