Ireland: Pair drag corpse to post office to collect his pension

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Gardai hunt men who brought dead man into Carlow post office in bizarre bid to collect his pension

The brazen duo propped the retiree’s corpse up on their shoulders, but a staff member quickly noticed the elderly man was ashen-faced and possibly dead. They then called gardai who are now investigating

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Only in Ireland

In Japan they don't ask to check if someone is alive, they just keep sending pension checks until you report them dead. This has created an interesting situation where people hold onto the dead bodies of family and collect pensions until they get to old and become suspicious. You can't be 115 and not have the press wanting to interview the oldest person in Japan so they usually report them dead in their late 90s.

This is the real reason why Japan has the oldest population in the world

Guy who did it gave interviews to papers, his uncle, didn't know he'd died etc etc. Not sure if the lads were taking a chance but it seems extreme just for a weekly pension, couple hundred euro. Probably drink and stronger substances involved....