Life as a cemetery worker: 'Her biological mother was buried at the foot of her adopted mother’s grave' 

In the fourth part of her series on council workers, Sarah Horgan meets Paul Flynn, the cemetery registrar for Waterford City and County

Cemetery registrar Paul Flynn: 'A lot of visitors here carry on the way they always did.' Picture: Dan Linehan

Every day Paul Flynn watches as a woman shares her morning cup of coffee with her husband — perching her husband’s cup on top of his headstone.

It’s a scene that would bring a tear to the eye of even the most cynical amongst us. However, for Paul, Waterford City and County Council cemetery registrar, it’s simply part of the job.