Fee for death notice?

Almostreal

Hi. I need some advice.

My grandfather just passed away. He was unwell for a long time and had a lot of friends in Dublin who would want to know of his passing but I have no contact details for most of them. I feel a death notice would be a good idea. I have no idea how to post a death notice or how much it will cost?

MidlandsM

Sorry for your loss. Ask the funeral director, they do all this stuff.

Almostreal

MidlandsM wrote: »

Sorry for your loss. Ask the funeral director, they do all this stuff.

Thanks for the reply. I know it sounds bad but there is no funeral director he was not religious and donated his body to medical science.

ScumLord

You can contact the local papers directly, many newspapers are owned by umbrella groups so they might be able to put the notice in a few of their papers. Ask the older generation in the area too, they usually have ways of getting news around and finding people that would be able to get in contact with people that have moved somewhere else.

HeyThereDeliah

Almostreal wrote: »

Thanks for the reply. I know it sounds bad but there is no funeral director he was not religious and donated his body to medical science.

Sorry for your loss.

http://www.announcement.ie/

I think some papers only take death notices from funeral directors and prices probably vary but in the region of €200 I'd say.

Ghandee

I enquired about a death notice before once after my dear old granny died.

it was a good few years back when I was still a teenager.
walked into the local paper's office, and basically asked if I could put her death in the paper, "certainly" said the secretary, "it's a pound a word" she said.

I only had three pounds on me, so asked her to just write 'Maggie is dead'

She obviously felt a bit sorry for me, as she then looked at me with pity, and told me I could have another three words for free.

Thanks! I said, also write 'Fiesta for sale'.

stinkle

So sorry to hear about your loss. If you know the medical school he has donated his body to, then it might be worth contacting them as they'd have a good idea how to go about this. I know you said there isn't a funeral director involved, but I remember seeing donors being brought to the med school while in college and there was a hearse, so perhaps the college makes transport arrangements with funeral directors in some situations. If so maybe they could place a notice on your behalf.

Edit - found details for the med schools in Ireland http://www.rip.ie/Page.asp?menu=186&page=629

Almostreal

Thank you for your help lovely people. Ghandee that made me laugh. Not an easy thing today.

jenniferalan

Put a death notice on one of the radio stations

dreamer_ire

Talk to his local post office, chances are they knew him and might put up a notice for you?

Madam_X

Yeh definitely give the Irish Times and Independent Newspapers a ring. They'll have a person to specifically take such calls, then what's inputted is proof-read.

Almostreal wrote: »

Thank you for your help lovely people. Ghandee that made me laugh. Not an easy thing today.

Cool.

keith16

My poor old grandad used to read the death notices every morning. If he didn't spot his name in them, he'd get up out of bed.

LookBehindYou

http://www.rip.ie/page.asp?menu=357&page=654

Ronin247

Aunt passed away last year...It was 250 to put it in a county paper,cannot imagine how much it would be in a Dublin/national paper

mikemac1

Our local radio station is 40 euro and your announcement is read out twice on the day.
You can give the arrangements and times

They dedicate a slot to the RIP notices after the 11am and 4pm news & weather.

Every county in Ireland must have local radio

Max Power

€200-€250? That's crazy money.

BUBBLE WRAP

Sorry for your loss OP.

Ghandee

Ronin247 wrote: »

Aunt passed away last year...It was 250 to put it in a county paper,cannot imagine how much it would be in a Dublin/national paper

What????

Thats scandalous altogether!