'I tell people I am training to be a teacher rather than embalmer,' says young Limerick woman

Watching a horror flick while in school set trainee embalmer Emma Fitzgerald, 21, from Shanagolden in Co Limerick on her rather unconventional career path 

Emma Fitzgerald: 'When I’m going to the shop and wearing my scrubs with the name of the funeral home on them I always get stopped and asked questions.' Picture: Eddie O'Hare

One of Ireland’s youngest embalmers has revealed how watching a horror film triggered her unconventional career choice.

Trainee embalmer Emma Fitzgerald, 21, from Shanagolden in Co Limerick said she often tells people she is training to be a national school teacher when asked about her occupation on nights out.