Junkie wheels dead Dad into post office to collect his pension

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https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/dead-man-propped-up-by-two-other-men-in-attempt-to-collect-pension-at-post-office-41265529.html


January 21 2022 05:40 PM


A dead man was brought to a post office this morning in an attempt to collect his pension in one of the most bizarre incidents that gardaí have ever seen.

The shocking incident in which the deceased male was propped up by two other men happened at the post office on Staplestown Road in Carlow town.

Staff at the post office immediately became suspicious and contacted emergency services and gardaí rushed to the scene.

No money was handed over and it is understood that the deceased man is well known to the two men who moved his body.

A local woman living beside the post office told how her daughter witnessed two men carrying a man into the shop.

“She was leaving my house at the time and said the man looked unwell as his feet were dragging the ground,” she said.

The woman, who did not want to be named, said there was a queue outside of the post office at the time.

“It’s a small shop and you’re only allowed three at a time with social distancing. People were in shock as they thought he was after having a heart attack,” she said.

“I feel awful for the staff. They’ve suffered so many robberies over the years, they’re worn out. I’ve a 12 year old daughter and I’m trying to explain to her what happened and sure where do you start. It’s awful.”


Neighbours of the deceased said they are in “total shock” after the incident.


“He was a lovely man, a lovely neighbour and we’re all very upset,” one woman said.

“We don’t want to speculate about what happened but all I can say is it’s a sad night and a shock to the system,” another said.

Gardaí confirmed they were investigating.

“Gardaí are investigating all the circumstances surrounding the unexplained death of an elderly male in the Carlow area this morning, Friday 21st January 2022,” a spokesman said.

“The services of the Garda Technical Bureau and the Office of the State Pathologist have been requested.

“A post mortem will be conducted by the Office of the State Pathologist, the results of which will determine the course of the investigation.”

Mayor of Carlow, Fianna Fáil Councillor Ken Murnane, expressed shock at the news.

“I heard there was a commotion in the post office,” he said this evening.

"I go by there all the time and it’s a very busy post office – normally there’d be a queue out the door there.

"I was absolutely shocked to hear about what happened.

"I cannot believe anyone would do something like that. It beggars belief, I’m just shocked.”

Local Fine Gael councillor Fergal Byrne said “The whole town is in shock.

“The man who passed away was a nice man by all accounts and someone who caused no offence to anyone.

“The staff in the shop are very shook up from it. I’d like to offer my sympathies to the man’s family also. It’s a bizarre and upsetting situation.”

Independent councillor John Cassin said the bizarre news has left the local community stunned.

“People are just shocked,” he said. “I don’t even know what to say.”

 

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Immigrants?

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Immigrants?

Ah for fuk sake .....Will yu stop doin that  ....a man who had the intelligence to avoid work all his life can do better than that 

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DEAD OR ALIVE? Men who took 'corpse' to post office say 'he was alive when we left the house'
One of the men, Gareth Coakley, told the Sunday World they had given the deceased man, Peadar Doyle, "a glass of water to drink before we left."

Patrick O'Connell

January 23 2022 08:30 AM

TWO MEN under investigation over suspicions they brought a dead man to the post office to claim his pension yesterday insisted to the Sunday World: "He was alive when we left the house."

One of the men, Gareth Coakley, told the Sunday World they had given the deceased man, Peadar Doyle, "a glass of water to drink before we left."

Peadar's nephew Declan Haughney, who was also at the post office, was bleeding freely from a number of facial wounds as he told this newspaper he had been 'attacked' over what had been said about him on social media.


A post-mortem was carried out yesterday on the remains of 66-year-old former painter Peadar.

It confirmed his passing was not suspicious and estimated the time of death as having occurred on Friday morning.

Peadar had been brought into Hosey's shop in Carlow at 11am on Friday, propped up by his nephew Declan Haughney and Gareth, to collect his pension.

               


But the men dropped him after Gareth said Peadar became "heavier and heavier" and "I couldn't hold him anymore".

Speaking with the Sunday World, Gareth said he had stayed over at Peadar's with Declan on Thursday night and had agreed to help him bring the pensioner to the post office on Friday morning.




Post mortem finds man carried into post office to claim pension did not die suspiciously
Gardai remove body from post office as witness says dead man was 'propped up' to collect pension
"I was in the house drinking, right," he said. "I was minding me own business and I passed out at about 12 o'clock."

Gareth said the next morning Declan went to the post office to collect Peadar's money,



"He (Declan) had asked the woman in the post office if he could collect the payment and she said: 'No, you may bring him down.'

"He told her he was sick, but they wouldn't listen. So then Deccy asked if I would give him a hand to bring him down because they wouldn't pay him.


"I was to go upstairs and put the man's runners on and he (Declan) goes: 'Will you go downstairs and get me a glass of water?'

"And we gave him the drink of water and that. And then we sort of had to lift him up and bring him the whole way down to the post office but sure he never even got the chance to get his money.

"He probably died in the post office - at the ice-cream freezer, I'd say that's where he dropped off."

Asked whether Peadar had been talking while in his bedroom, Gareth said he had.

A man who identified himself as Gareth's relative said he had just been to the Garda station with Gareth to give a statement.


Gareth continued: "The papers are saying he was already dead but that's bullsh*t.

"He was alive - 100 per cent.

"We're hardly going to drag a dead man down the road, for f**k sake. He was still alive, and the autopsy will prove there was water in his system and what time he died.

"What's going on social media is destroying me family name!

"And that's the reason I went down to the Garda station and the garda shook our hands and said thanks for the information."

Asked what exactly happened in the post office, Gareth said: "He got heavier and heavier and then he started falling to the floor and I couldn't hold him anymore.

"People tried to save him.

"I called for an ambulance and they asked if there was defibrillator there.

"I said 'no' but there was one across the road in the community centre.

"And a woman ran across to the community centre and got the defibrillator, but it was way too late - he was gone by then."

Gareth's relative continued: "He (Gareth) seen the dead body and he freaked out and he said: 'Deccy, I don't know what to do here man and I'm going to go."

Gareth continued: "I said 'I'm sorry about your uncle man, see you after!' !

"I was only doing him a favour by helping to bring his uncle down to get his money. But he died there. I've told the guards everything and people might call me a rat but f**k that. My family's name is being destroyed over this. It's a f**king joke."

As our reporter was speaking with Gareth and his brother, Declan Haughney approached bleeding freely from a number of facial wounds and gashes.

When we put what Gareth had told us to Declan Haughney, he told us: "He was … yeah. I'm after being beat up over this."

We called to the post office in Hosey's shop yesterday but staff there declined to comment.

Similarly, Peadar's Doyle's brother Christopher declined to comment, while a young man who answered the door at the home of Peadar's sister Noleen said the family did not wish to speak to the media.

Friends of Peadar's yesterday told the Sunday World that Peadar and his brother Lawrence, who were both talented painters by trade, had lived at number 199 Pollerton Road for decades. Peadar also helped rear his nephew Declan at that address.

Peadar suffered from heart-related medical difficulties and Lawrence helped care for him. But tragedy befell the brothers when Lawrence was diagnosed with cancer.


Lawrence subsequently died on October 4, 2020 at St. Luke's Hospital.

A neighbour of Peadar's yesterday described him as a quiet and gentle old man.

"My best memory of Peadar is from last summer," she said.

"It's so sad what's after happening. Him and Lawrence were just lovely."

There have been no arrests so far in the case. Both Gareth Coakley and Declan Haughney were interviewed by gardaí and have given statements.

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DEAD OR ALIVE? Men who took 'corpse' to post office say 'he was alive when we left the house'
One of the men, Gareth Coakley, told the Sunday World they had given the deceased man, Peadar Doyle, "a glass of water to drink before we left."

Patrick O'Connell

January 23 2022 08:30 AM

TWO MEN under investigation over suspicions they brought a dead man to the post office to claim his pension yesterday insisted to the Sunday World: "He was alive when we left the house."

One of the men, Gareth Coakley, told the Sunday World they had given the deceased man, Peadar Doyle, "a glass of water to drink before we left."

Peadar's nephew Declan Haughney, who was also at the post office, was bleeding freely from a number of facial wounds as he told this newspaper he had been 'attacked' over what had been said about him on social media.


A post-mortem was carried out yesterday on the remains of 66-year-old former painter Peadar.

It confirmed his passing was not suspicious and estimated the time of death as having occurred on Friday morning.

Peadar had been brought into Hosey's shop in Carlow at 11am on Friday, propped up by his nephew Declan Haughney and Gareth, to collect his pension.

               


But the men dropped him after Gareth said Peadar became "heavier and heavier" and "I couldn't hold him anymore".

Speaking with the Sunday World, Gareth said he had stayed over at Peadar's with Declan on Thursday night and had agreed to help him bring the pensioner to the post office on Friday morning.




Post mortem finds man carried into post office to claim pension did not die suspiciously
Gardai remove body from post office as witness says dead man was 'propped up' to collect pension
"I was in the house drinking, right," he said. "I was minding me own business and I passed out at about 12 o'clock."

Gareth said the next morning Declan went to the post office to collect Peadar's money,



"He (Declan) had asked the woman in the post office if he could collect the payment and she said: 'No, you may bring him down.'

"He told her he was sick, but they wouldn't listen. So then Deccy asked if I would give him a hand to bring him down because they wouldn't pay him.


"I was to go upstairs and put the man's runners on and he (Declan) goes: 'Will you go downstairs and get me a glass of water?'

"And we gave him the drink of water and that. And then we sort of had to lift him up and bring him the whole way down to the post office but sure he never even got the chance to get his money.

"He probably died in the post office - at the ice-cream freezer, I'd say that's where he dropped off."

Asked whether Peadar had been talking while in his bedroom, Gareth said he had.

A man who identified himself as Gareth's relative said he had just been to the Garda station with Gareth to give a statement.


Gareth continued: "The papers are saying he was already dead but that's bullsh*t.

"He was alive - 100 per cent.

"We're hardly going to drag a dead man down the road, for f**k sake. He was still alive, and the autopsy will prove there was water in his system and what time he died.

"What's going on social media is destroying me family name!

"And that's the reason I went down to the Garda station and the garda shook our hands and said thanks for the information."

Asked what exactly happened in the post office, Gareth said: "He got heavier and heavier and then he started falling to the floor and I couldn't hold him anymore.

"People tried to save him.

"I called for an ambulance and they asked if there was defibrillator there.

"I said 'no' but there was one across the road in the community centre.

"And a woman ran across to the community centre and got the defibrillator, but it was way too late - he was gone by then."

Gareth's relative continued: "He (Gareth) seen the dead body and he freaked out and he said: 'Deccy, I don't know what to do here man and I'm going to go."

Gareth continued: "I said 'I'm sorry about your uncle man, see you after!' !

"I was only doing him a favour by helping to bring his uncle down to get his money. But he died there. I've told the guards everything and people might call me a rat but f**k that. My family's name is being destroyed over this. It's a f**king joke."

As our reporter was speaking with Gareth and his brother, Declan Haughney approached bleeding freely from a number of facial wounds and gashes.

When we put what Gareth had told us to Declan Haughney, he told us: "He was … yeah. I'm after being beat up over this."

We called to the post office in Hosey's shop yesterday but staff there declined to comment.

Similarly, Peadar's Doyle's brother Christopher declined to comment, while a young man who answered the door at the home of Peadar's sister Noleen said the family did not wish to speak to the media.

Friends of Peadar's yesterday told the Sunday World that Peadar and his brother Lawrence, who were both talented painters by trade, had lived at number 199 Pollerton Road for decades. Peadar also helped rear his nephew Declan at that address.

Peadar suffered from heart-related medical difficulties and Lawrence helped care for him. But tragedy befell the brothers when Lawrence was diagnosed with cancer.


Lawrence subsequently died on October 4, 2020 at St. Luke's Hospital.

A neighbour of Peadar's yesterday described him as a quiet and gentle old man.

"My best memory of Peadar is from last summer," she said.

"It's so sad what's after happening. Him and Lawrence were just lovely."

There have been no arrests so far in the case. Both Gareth Coakley and Declan Haughney were interviewed by gardaí and have given statements.

Probably looking at a stiff sentence.