Undertaker refused to take body of Traveller

Pavee Point has described as "despicable" the refusal by a funeral home to take the body of a teenage Traveller.

Undertaker refused to take body of Traveller

The family of Aaron Joyce, 14, from Ashbourne, Co Meath, won a landmark discrimination ruling by the Equality Tribunal against the undertaker, Michael Ryan Funeral Directors.

The teenager suffered from a degenerative liver condition and died at King’s College Hospital in London on Christmas Eve in 2011. Two months before his death, his mother Ann donated part of her liver in a bid to save his life.

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