{"id":317993,"date":"2026-02-26T08:51:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T08:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/317993\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T08:51:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T08:51:10","slug":"cork-among-most-dedicated-funeral-goers-in-ireland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/317993\/","title":{"rendered":"Cork Among Most Dedicated Funeral-Goers in Ireland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.96fm.ie\/news\/96fm-news-and-sport\/\" class=\"c-btn c-btn--small c-btn--secondary-fill\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>        All 96FM News &amp; Sport<br \/>\n    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aiir-c-news-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/69a0000760c09.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><br \/>\n                                    Pic: Via Getty<\/p>\n<p class=\"aiir-c-news-article__abstract\">\n            New research shows that people in Cork attend more services than the national average.\n        <\/p>\n<p>A major study marking 20 years of the RIP.ie website revealed a striking regional divide in how Irish people say their final goodbyes.<\/p>\n<p>Figures show that Cork residents attend at least five funerals a year on average. However, Kerry and Limerick top the list as Ireland\u2019s \u201cfuneral capitals,\u201d attending more than six services annually. Dubliners, by contrast, attend around three.<\/p>\n<p>The research also highlights changing traditions around funerals. Only 20% of respondents believe wearing black is essential, while 90% feel that every family should have the right to deliver a eulogy.<\/p>\n<p>To mark the 20th anniversary, RIP.ie is hosting the RIP.ie Remembers Walk throughout March, encouraging people across Cork to walk 20 kilometres in memory of a loved one.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/onic-player\/id6747436925?ppid=7f34f5aa-7e94-4bfd-8061-e41ce90c27a8\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/68da98f341698.png\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"All 96FM News &amp; Sport Pic: Via Getty New research shows that people in Cork attend more services&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":317994,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1339,61,60,1344,1345,43,1343,1342,1341,1340],"class_list":{"0":"post-317993","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ireland","8":"tag-cork-96fm","9":"tag-ie","10":"tag-ireland","11":"tag-live-broadcast-available","12":"tag-lorraine-and-ross","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-news-and-information","15":"tag-presenters","16":"tag-programmes","17":"tag-the-word-on-96fm"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=317993"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317993\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/317994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=317993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=317993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=317993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}