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what happens if you die poor.

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    #32
    gozunda
    Registered Users Posts: 18,996 ✭✭✭✭gozunda


    gozunda wrote: »
    This government abolished the grant towards funeral expenses (bereavement) which was means tested afaik.

    Those who die completely without means or family are buried in communal plots with costs covered by local authorities. Personally I want to be composted ...

    Edit: DSP and LA
    Burial where the deceased has no means.
    If someone dies without the means to pay for burial and if this person has no traceable next of kin, it is the responsibility of the Department of Social Protection or local authority to ensure that the person is buried in a dignified manner that does not impinge on public health or public decency. The Department or local authority will also be liable for the charges and costs involved in doing so.

    http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/death/after_a_death/burials.html


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    #33
    Caprica6
    Closed Accounts Posts: 706 ✭✭✭Caprica6


    Man I'm screwed so!!!


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    #34
    dennyire
    Registered Users Posts: 1,835 ✭✭✭dennyire


    nidgeweaseal wrote: »
    Did you read the comment I was quoting when I said that ?
    I did...its AH and I'm tired..goodnight .too late for thinking outside the box


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    #35
    The_Valeyard
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    Those who die poor, are just as dead as the rich.


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    #36
    gozunda
    Registered Users Posts: 18,996 ✭✭✭✭gozunda


    The_Valeyard wrote: »
    Those who die poor, are just as dead as the rich.

    Yes

    http://m.independent.ie/irish-news/large-garda-presence-as-gang-boss-fat-andy-connors-buried-in-28k-goldplated-coffin-30546161.html


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    #37
    Karl Stein
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,689 ✭✭✭Karl Stein


    The_Valeyard wrote: »
    Those who die poor, are just as dead as the rich.

    I think you'll find the Pharaohs built the pyramids after they were dead. They had a team of people working for them and they were the CEO.

    There's no way a dead poor person could achieve as much as a dead rich person.


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    #38
    worded
    Registered Users Posts: 4,547 ✭✭✭worded


    How much does an good burial cost inc casket or crematorium ? I'm considering cancelling a life assurance policy but might keep it to save my relatives the €


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    #39
    eeeee
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 6,831 Mod ✭✭✭✭eeeee


    Nothing. You're as dead as a dead rich man.


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    #40
    Richard Hillman
    Registered Users Posts: 12,033 ✭✭✭✭Richard Hillman


    You still go to heaven but you have to work in the public sector until the debt is paid off. Heaven needs plenty of admin staff especially around Xmas. Somebody has to fill out the naughty or nice forms after santa sacked all his elves and subcontracted the work to heaven


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    #41
    The_Valeyard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,452 ✭✭✭✭The_Valeyard


    gozunda wrote: »
    Yes

    http://m.independent.ie/irish-news/large-garda-presence-as-gang-boss-fat-andy-connors-buried-in-28k-goldplated-coffin-30546161.html


    Still dead. Still to be dust.


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    #42
    bradlente
    Registered Users Posts: 2,910 ✭✭✭bradlente


    gozunda wrote: »
    This government abolished the grant towards funeral expenses (bereavement) which was means tested afaik.

    The test involved poking the said "corpse" with a stick to make sure they weren't just some scrounger trying to get underground on the cheap.


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    #43
    RobbingBandit
    Registered Users Posts: 18,095 ✭✭✭✭RobbingBandit


    I paid the government €50m last year to end that grant and throw all the bodies into a pit so I can raise them all as my demon zombie army on new years eve 2024, I figure 10+ years of corpses should be enough for an army of the damned, so remember if you die on the cheap you will still serve a purpose.


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    #44
    m5ex9oqjawdg2i
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    nidgeweaseal wrote: »
    So I've been thinking a lot about this lately as someone that has no savings or assetts of any kind what would happen if I died in the morning. ? I have a two year old and a partner in college who would not be able to pay for my funeral either. Is there a mass grave somewhere that I will be thrown into or what ?. I know it's morbib but I'd like to know if anyone could shed any light on this subject for me. Thanks

    Fluck me that's a depressingly morbid thought.

    When you're dead it won't matter. Nothing will. Not to you anyway. Do you have any health insurance what so ever? You might think of taking some out if you have dependants. I imagine you are in your early/mid 20's. If so, it might not be too expensive. I'd suggest talking to your bank, but then again, that's a business that will guilt you into purchasing everything. Maybe give Aviva or VHI a call?


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    #45
    bradlente
    Registered Users Posts: 2,910 ✭✭✭bradlente


    RobbingBandit wrote: »
    I paid the government €50m last year to end that grant and throw all the bodies into a pit so I can raise them all as my demon zombie army on new years eve 2024, I figure 10+ years of corpses should be enough for an army of the damned, so remember if you die on the cheap you will still serve a purpose.

    They'll all be feckless waster zombies though so you'll get ****all done with them,probably just sit on the couch all day eating your hard earned soylent green.


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    #46
    pedro1234
    Closed Accounts Posts: 190 ✭✭pedro1234


    You'll end up in a Big Mac.


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    #47
    MissKittenfire
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33 ✭MissKittenfire


    nidgeweaseal wrote: »
    So I've been thinking a lot about this lately as someone that has no savings or assetts of any kind what would happen if I died in the morning. ? I have a two year old and a partner in college who would not be able to pay for my funeral either. Is there a mass grave somewhere that I will be thrown into or what ?. I know it's morbib but I'd like to know if anyone could shed any light on this subject for me. Thanks

    The rich eat your flesh of course.Assholes.


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    #48
    MissKittenfire
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33 ✭MissKittenfire


    pedro1234 wrote: »
    You'll end up in a Big Mac.

    I knew it! I wouldn't mind if they fed me to hungry children or animals.


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    #49
    forgotten password
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,094 ✭✭✭forgotten password


    for each man kills the thing he loves but each man does not die


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    MissKittenfire
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33 ✭MissKittenfire


    forgotten password wrote: »
    for each man kills the thing he loves but each man does not die
    What ?


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    #51
    forgotten password
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,094 ✭✭✭forgotten password


    MissKittenfire wrote: »
    What ?

    i was quoting cool hand luke


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    #52
    Kevin McCloud
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,797 ✭✭✭Kevin McCloud


    There is no hitch on a herse.


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    #53
    MissKittenfire
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33 ✭MissKittenfire


    God boards.ie is depressing these days.


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    #54
    kneemos
    Registered Users Posts: 20,412 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


    Kevin McCloud wrote: »
    There is no hitch on a herse.

    uh.


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    #55
    Kevin McCloud
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,797 ✭✭✭Kevin McCloud


    kneemos wrote: »
    uh.

    Ur average irish hearse there for sure.


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    #56
    jacksie66
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    This post has been deleted.


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    #57
    MissKittenfire
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33 ✭MissKittenfire


    jacksie66 wrote: »
    I want to be shot out of a cannon in the middle of a Metallica concert, dressed as batman while holding a baguette..

    brilliant!


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    #58
    MyPeopleDrankTheSoup
    Registered Users Posts: 2,717 ✭✭✭MyPeopleDrankTheSoup


    just keep entering cremation competitions like this wise lady. look at how happy she looks:

    http://i.imgur.com/XPK6I2W.jpg


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    #59
    bradlente
    Registered Users Posts: 2,910 ✭✭✭bradlente


    georgiecasey wrote: »
    just keep entering cremation competitions like this wise lady. look at how happy she looks:

    http://i.imgur.com/XPK6I2W.jpg

    That's just burning money.


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    #60
    ALiasEX
    Registered Users Posts: 535 ✭✭✭ALiasEX


    Links234 wrote: »
    I was thinking of donating my body to science... but then I thought, science gets all the cool ****, why not donate my body to maths?
    Most people already have 10 fingers and 10 toes for counting. Why not donate to Home Economics?


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    #61
    Chunners
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 424 ✭✭Chunners


    The solution is simple OP, if you can't afford to die then don't, it ****ing sickens me now a days how Irish people constantly complain about not being able to afford the non essentials, "Boo hoo hoo smokes are too expensive" well then quit, "Boo hoo hoo pints cost too much" well then drink at home, "Boo hoo hoo I can't afford to die" well then stop having aneurysms...simple as.


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