Funeral director welcomes hospitality award

IN a nation of 100,000 welcomes we are still saving the best until last.

Case in point is Newmarket-based funeral director Michael O’Reilly, who was crowned the most welcoming man in Cork at the 2006 Fáilte Ireland Welcome Awards yesterday.

For a man well-practiced in the delicate art of the sombre handshake, he had to dig a little deeper to claim this prize.