# Funerals
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This year
2024
too poor to die
Families are going into debt to cover funerals costs, then struggling to pay for essentials
16 Mar
15.7k
36
THE MORNING LEAD
'I know people that, if they had a farm, had to sell animals at home to pay for the funeral'
The State spent over €9 million contributing to funeral expenses for people who couldn’t afford it last year.
Mairead Maguire
12 Mar
24.2k
27
Last year
2023
Portlaoise
Father and son who died in moped accident in Turkey last week laid to rest in Portlaoise today
25 Jul 2023
23.1k
9
All time
Donegal
People of Creeslough showing great example of solidarity, Higgins says, as funerals take place
Updated
12 Oct 2022
34.9k
4
Donegal
'We do not have words to explain it': First funerals for victims of Creeslough explosion take place
Updated
11 Oct 2022
44.5k
7
Texas
Mourners say goodbye to teacher killed in Uvalde shooting and her husband
Updated
1 Jun 2022
27.2k
13
mass gatherings
No change to wedding guest limit, and 50% capacity at religious services until 22 October
31 Aug 2021
30.2k
6
mass gatherings
50 people to be allowed at religious services from 10 May - but no communions or confirmations
29 Apr 2021
49.5k
26
reopening
Zoos and wildlife parks, tennis and golf: Here's what restrictions are changing today
26 Apr 2021
33.5k
35
rites of passage
Funeral mourners to increase to 25 next month but no word on weddings
30 Mar 2021
22.8k
9
The Daily Poll
Poll: Should the number of people allowed attend funerals be increased after 5 April?
11 Mar 2021
42.7k
84
exemptions
Funeral-goers arriving in Ireland from restricted countries will not be exempt from mandatory hotel quarantine
11 Feb 2021
44.9k
47
Bereavement
'We were unable to visit her or to say goodbye': The people behind the Covid death toll
30 Jan 2021
44.5k
14
Covid-19
Only six people can attend weddings from 3 January, and worship moves online from 26 December
22 Dec 2020
45.9k
19
Bereavement
'Death is always difficult but during a pandemic it's more surreal': The human side of the 2,000 lives lost to Covid-19
19 Nov 2020
18.6k
24
Covid-19
U-turn on mourners as 25 people will now be allowed at both weddings and funerals
20 Oct 2020
33.3k
57
Level 3
Up to 50 people can attend weddings in Dublin this weekend, but down to 25 people from Monday
18 Sep 2020
23.7k
18
Marriage
No wedding bells for the time being as guidance on marriage ceremonies earmarked for later phases
5 Jun 2020
26.9k
13
Phase Two
Funerals of up to 25 attendees permitted from Monday as church services set to resume from 29 June
5 Jun 2020
23.1k
21
Coronavirus
Burials and cremations will continue with 'utmost dignity', say funeral directors
2 Apr 2020
17.4k
10
Voices
Opinion: If my family pet died I would hold a religious end-of-life ceremony
Diarmuid Pepper
7 Jun 2019
23.8k
62
Voices
Opinion: Are we ready to let go of the Catholic Church's rituals?
Shane Dunphy
19 May 2019
41.2k
232
Cookstown
'He lit up a room when he entered': Teenagers who died at Tyrone disco laid to rest
Updated
22 Mar 2019
29.9k
Donegal
'Life is precious, life is brittle, life is very fragile. We saw that on Sunday night. Everybody hurts.'
31 Jan 2019
52.6k
11
RIP
'It is heartbreaking': Funeral arrangements announced for four young men who died in Donegal crash
Updated
29 Jan 2019
37.0k
4
end of life matters
'You can only do a funeral once, and you have to do it right': The story behind RIP.ie
10 Jun 2017
49.1k
51
Voices
'My sister was failed in life and in death': We need to restore the bereavement grant
Paddy Kevane
1 Aug 2016
692
38
Voices
Mass graves, bodysnatchers and crematoriums: Ireland's history with death
Lisa Marie Griffith and Ciarán Wallace
31 Jul 2016
1.6k
13
a living history
'It’s more about life than death' - Behind the scenes at Glasnevin Cemetery
24 Dec 2015
18.5k
24
reposing at home
The traditional Irish wake: Why rumours of its demise have been greatly exaggerated
15 Nov 2015
38.5k
38
glasnevin cemetery
'What I've learned from working in a crematorium for 33 years'
14 Nov 2015
71.7k
27
RIP
'Ireland as a nation suffered a loss which is beyond words. There are no words'
20 Oct 2015
38.5k
3
Voices
Carrickmines tragedy shows we all have empathy, but it gives way when it comes close to our backyard
Donal O'Keeffe
19 Oct 2015
625
97