21 bodies lying unclaimed by relatives in Dublin mortuary 

21 bodies lying unclaimed by relatives in Dublin mortuary 

21 bodies are lying unclaimed in fridges in Dublin City Mortuary, with one there for more than a year.

More than 20 bodies are lying unclaimed in fridges in Dublin City Mortuary, with one there for more than a year.

The 21 unclaimed remains have been identified but have had to stay at the mortuary because relatives have not come to take them, according to the Department of Justice.

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