Family of Waterford man whose remains were kept in morgue for 27 days complain to Gsoc

Family of Jamie Weldon filed a complaint with Gsoc about the delay between the discovery of his body and informing his family that remains of a person believed to be Jamie were in Dublin city morgue

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 last.

The family of a Waterford man whose body lay in Dublin City Mortuary for 27 days have filed a complaint with the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (Gsoc) about the Garda handling of the case.

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 last year — on what would have been his 57th birthday.