Bid to repatriate remains of homeless Czech man fails

Ennis is to be the eternal home for Czech national Josef Pavelka after efforts to repatriate the man’s body to his native country have failed.

The body of the homeless alcoholic was found in a laneway beside Ennis’s O’Connell Street on May 4.

In April, Mr Pavelka’s plight received national attention when District Court judge Patrick Durcan said it was a scandal Mr Pavelka was living in a public toilet.