According to ebaumsworld, the pair were reportedly supporting the deceased elderly man's body by the shoulders but staff and onlookers noticed his feet were dragging along the floor.  The two tried collecting the deceased man's pension but were denied. And, when questioned by the staff, fled the scene -- leaving the body right there on the floor of Hosey's.  According to staff, one of the men -- who has been identified as Declan Haughney (40) -- had tried collecting the man's pension earlier in the morning only to be denied; he was told by staff the pensioner had to be present for the collection.

The deceased man turned out to Peader Doyle, Declan's uncle with whom he has lived with his entire life.  Declan claims his uncle was alive when they left the house to collect the pension and that he had most likely died while entering the post office.  

"I wasn’t trying to rob him. I’m not an eejit [irish slang for 'idiot'] Why would I want to rob my uncle? I’m 40 years of age yeah, I’m not a child, I’m not a young fella. I’m not an eejit to walk into Hoseys with a dead man and collect his money."  When interviewed for the Sunday Herald in Carlow, Haugney was nursing a black eye and "bleeding freely from facial" wounds. He claimed he had been beaten up over the incident which has since gone viral across hundreds of media outlets across the world. Read more on this story here.