Conditions at Dublin\u2019s main mortuary in Whitehall are operating at double capacity, with 500 autopsies performed already in 2026 when the capacity is for 400 autopsies per annum.<\/p>\n
Fintan Cooney, president of the Irish Association of Funeral Directors, has warned that staff at Dublin City Mortuary and the Coroner\u2019s Office were working in conditions that were \u201cless than ideal.\u201d<\/p>\n
Speaking on Newstalk Breakfast with Anton Savage, Cooney pointed out that the mortuary in Whitehall in Dublin was originally opened as a temporary measure when a facility that was planned for Marino did not go ahead.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe capacity is for approximately 400 autopsies per annum, but I understand that already this year they’ve conducted over 500.\u201d<\/p>\n
The number of hospitals in Dublin that conduct post-mortems on behalf of the coroner has reduced in recent years, which has added to the problem, he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt’s a very difficult situation because, as you can imagine, if somebody has to undergo an autopsy at Dublin City Mortuary, it’s probably because the death has occurred in sudden, unexpected or possibly tragic circumstances.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd to have then a significant delay in the release of that person into the care of the funeral director so the family can have a funeral is going to just add further to their already significant grief and trauma.\u201d<\/p>\n
Cooney called for plans for a proper mortuary facility in Dublin to be put into operation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Conditions at Dublin\u2019s main mortuary in Whitehall are operating at double capacity, with 500 autopsies performed already in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":599001,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":["post-599000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599000","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=599000"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599000\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/599001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=599000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=599000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=599000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}