Two men take dead body into post office to claim his pension

Police in Ireland expected to make arrests following investigation into ‘outlandish’ events

Street in Carlow, southeast Ireland
‘It’s like a Hitchcock movie,’ said Carlow’s mayor, Ken Murnane
(Image credit: Design Pics Inc / Alamy Stock Photo)

Residents of Carlow in southeast Ireland were left in disbelief after two men allegedly carried a dead body into the local post office to claim the deceased’s pension money.

“The outlandish series of events” began at around 11.30am on 21 January, said The Guardian. According to The Irish Times, a man went into Hosey’s post office in Carlow that morning to collect a pension payment for an elderly gentleman, and was told by staff that the pensioner would need to be present to collect the funds.

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