Police are investigating the allegation that the body of an elderly man was brought to a post office in Southeast Ireland on Friday for his pension. A Garda (Irish Police) spokesperson confirmed the investigation and said a post-mortem will be conducted. The deceased, identified in local newspapers as Peadar Doyle as in his 60s or 70s, was seen propped up by two men who brought him into Hosey’s—a corner shop with a post office inside—in Carlow town. According to the Daily Star, one of the men went to the post office earlier, at around 11:30 a.m., to claim the weekly pension, only to be told the pensioner himself needed to be present. He then returned with two men, one of whom “appeared to be propped up.” The Irish Mirror reported that one of the men told a staff member that the elderly man was ok and that they were going to “bring him …