From dust to dustbin ... Urn containing human ashes found at Navan recycling centre

Shocked workers at a Navan recycling centre were left stunned when they discovered an urn containing human ashes among a delivery of rubbish on August 10th. The simple brown plastic container even had a sticker displaying the name of the deceased.

The vessel was just seconds from a send-off to a landfill site when the pot was retrieved by a recycling plant worker who spotted the urn and saved it from being emptied and crushed in the waste process.