Daughter was laughing as mother Evelyn was buried

THE daughter of Evelyn Joel laughed and joked as a priest prayed over her mother’s body in Wexford General Hospital, her brother claimed yesterday.

At an emotionally charged press conference in Enniscorthy, Co Wexford, a clearly upset Tom Connolly claimed Evelyn’s daughter, Eleanor, had also laughed and joked as her frail mother was laid to rest in St Mary’s Cemetery on Tuesday.

“Eleanor arrived down as the priest was praying over the body. She was not upset. She was just laughing and joking. When my sister was being put into the grave, she was also laughing and joking. I was very upset and tempted to go over.”