Ireland

Professional associations:

Irish Association of Funeral Directors
Mespil Business Centre, Mespil House,
Sussex Road
Dublin 4, Ireland.
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represented by:
James Brown
James Brown & Sons
438 Shore Road
Newtonabbey
BT37 9RU, County Antrim
Northern Ireland
Phone + 44 28 90739663
Fax       + 44 28 90456031
E-mail: James.Brown@fsni.co.uk

Transport Agreement:

General information:
4,15 million inhabitants (July 2008 est.)
††††  32.300 deaths per year (July 2008 est.)

National language:
English (official) is the language generally used, Irish (Gaelic or Gaeilge) (official) spoken mainly in areas located along the western seaboard

First obligatory foreign language in public education:

Religions:
Roman Catholic 87,4%, Church of Ireland 2,9%, other Christian 1,9%, other and unspecified 3,6%, none 4,2% (2006 census)

National holidays:
17 March, Saint Patrick's Day

Special regulations/legislation concerning repatriation of deceased persons or human ashes:
1. To bring a deceased into the country
2. To bring the deceased out of the country.

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