Family tells court a French man's body was sent to funeral home instead of their father's remains

Going to what he thought was his father's coffin and seeing the remains of a total stranger was 'like a horror movie', the late Michael Curley's son tells High Court

The High Court heard that the undertaker at Grey’s Funeral Home in Templemore told Mr Curley's son to prepare himself as his father did 'not look well' and that foreign embalming services were not as good as Irish ones. Picture: ejgrey.com

Three siblings allege a French man’s remains were delivered to a Tipperary undertaker instead of the body of their father, who died while holidaying in Spain.

Jackie Costelloe, Neville Curley, and Elizabeth Ann Curley-Poppe have sued an international undertaker, an English repatriation service, and a funeral home in Templemore over alleged psychiatric injuries suffered due to the mix-up.