Waterford man's remains kept in morgue for 27 days before being released to family 

The body of Jamie Weldon, originally from Butlerstown in Waterford, was in Dublin City Morgue for 27 days, after it was found in his apartment on Upper Kevin Street in Dublin on August 19. 

A Waterford family whose brother’s remains lay in Dublin City Morgue for 27 days before being released to them say want answers on why it took so long for his body to be released.

The body of Jamie Weldon, originally from Butlerstown in Waterford, was found in his Iveagh Trust apartment on Upper Kevin Street in Dublin on August 19 — on what would have been his 57th birthday. His six siblings only discovered, after making a welfare check request on August 25, that remains believed to be that of their brother were in the Dublin City Morgue. However, because he had been dead for some time before his body was discovered on August 19, the family was told that the body was unviewable and a DNA match was necessary to prove his identity.