A funeral director says he has never seen his business as busy as it has been during January.
It comes after there was a 20 percent increase in the number of deaths on RIP dot ie from December 1st to January 25th this year, compared to the same period last year.
more than 9 thousand 700 deaths were recorded in that time.
David McGowan, who runs funeral homes in Sligo and in Ballina, says they have been 'exceptionally busy'...
