The Role of the Coroner

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The Role of the Coroner

Coroners across the country have been informed by the State Laboratory that the turnaround time for toxicology results has been increased to 160 days. This is because there aren’t sufficient resources to manage an increase in requests. There are also pressures on the Dublin District Mortuary because of difficulties relating to the availability of pathology services – and that’s causing delays to funerals. How does the system work? What does the coroner do? Sean was joined by funeral director David McGowan to discuss…

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