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# pauper's funeral

This month
March 2024
'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.
All time
In modern Ireland, the pauper's funeral is not a thing of the past