As the undertaker will make all of the arrangements on your behalf, liaising with the hospital or doctor, the Church, the newspapers, the cemetery or crematorium, it is best to contact the Funeral Director first and all of the arrangement can be channelled through him / her. This will save you time and possibly some distress at such a difficult time.

You do not require a death cert if the burial is in the state.

1) Death takes place in Hospital or similar institution. In this instance the hospital will issue a Death Notification Form which you bring to the register of Births Deaths and Marriages at Joyce House, Lombard Street.
(2) Death takes place at home; the attending Doctor will issue a Death Notification Form which you bring to the register of Births Deaths and Marriages at Joyce House, Lombard Street. You do not have to queue when you require a cert for a recent death. For more information please go to our death certificate page, or contact us.

With today’s modern embalming techniques it is possible to delay a funeral a considerable length of time.

Where a deceased has not been attending a Doctor or there is no history of illness it will be necessary to perform a Post Mortem to ascertain the exact cause of death.

If the post mortem has been ordered by the Coroner you cannot object or stop a post mortem taking place. If the coroner orders a Post Mortem in most cases it means that there is no Doctor willing to issue a cause of death cert and therefore it would be impossible to obtain a death cert. If the Hospital authorities ask your permission to perform a Post Mortem you are quite entitled to refuse provided that there is a Doctor willing to issue a cause of death cert.

Due to the introduction of safety screens the maximum number of occupants is now 6. The total number of occupants can be increased if a number of the party are children.

This is optional but most people find it less stressful to leave payments to the undertaker who will give you an itemised bill at a later stage.

No two funerals are the same therefore no two funerals cost the same. With cremation you do not have to purchase a burial plot so therefore there is a saving there. But should you decide to inter the ashes in the cemetery there is a charge for that. If you already own a cemetery plot you will find that the cremation cost are similar to the grave opening fees.

Yes it is.