Carlow undertaker says Rehab coffin venture was "very unusual"

A local undertaker who was offered coffins by charity Rehab says he found it very unusual.

Rory Healy from Carlow was speaking following the news this week that Rehab lost 60 thousand euro importing coffins from China that were assembled by the group on the Hebron Road in Kilkenny.

Former Rehab chief executive Angela Kerins, her brother and another ex-Rehab chief Frank Flannery had become involved in supplying the coffins.

Rory Healy said he was surprised when he first heard the charity was entering the coffin making business: