A man has been charged by Irish police after a dead body of a pensioner was brought to a post office in an apparent attempt to collect his pension.

It follows the arrest of two men in their 30s yesterday as part of the ongoing investigation into the incident that took place last week.

The second man has been released from custody.

The man who was charged is scheduled to appear before Carlow District Court this morning.

Peadar Doyle, 66, was brought to the post office in Co Carlow last Friday by two men and reportedly carried up to the counter.

When the group approached, a “concerned staff member enquired about the wellbeing of the man being propped up”, the Irish Times said.

At that point, the two men “dropped the man and left the post office”, it was reported.

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Dead man taken to Irish post office ‘in attempt to claim his pension’

Staff then apparently attended to the man and found he had died.

According to RTE, a man initially called into the post office on Staplestown Road in Carlow town to collect a pension on behalf of an elderly man.

But he was reportedly told that the recipient had to be present, and two men arrived a short time later with the deceased.

No money was handed over, the Irish Independent said.

Earlier this week, a man named Declan Haughney admitted to the Irish Mirror that he was one of the men who took Mr Doyle, apparently his uncle, to the post office, but insisted he had not realised he had died.

He claimed he and another man took Mr Doyle on a five-minute walk from his home on Pollerton Road, Carlow, to collect his pension last Friday morning.

The 40-year-old said he had lived with his uncle throughout his life and believes he may have died on the way to Hosey’s post office on Staplestown Road.

He said he and another man linked arms with him and dragged him to the post office.

“He was walking like normal and then I reckon he died,” he said, adding that Mr Doyle started “dragging his heels” at one point.

“We were grand like then all of a sudden he started going all slumpy,” he said.

“We thought nothing of it because Peadar had had heart attacks and all.”

The Irish Times previously reported that police believe Mr Doyle died before his body reached the post office at 11am.

Foul play has reportedly been ruled out but a post-mortem was only able to estimate the time of death as some time on Friday morning.

Police have not yet determined whether the retired painter was already dead when taken from the house.

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