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29: 155:, has made a claim to 20% of the shares in the company. Feerick had a business relationship with the Colemans from 2007 to 2010, which was terminated by the Colemans. Legal correspondence over the claim ended in 2011 but resurfaced in 2021 when RIP.ie was reported to be on the market for up to €5 million. The matter was before the 118:
to post death notices on the website without additional costs to the family. It was founded in 2005. As of 2021, the website receives approximately 250,000 visits per day and more than 50 million pages are viewed each month. 2019 accounts show net assets of over €1 million.
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The website contains a service directory, which lists funeral directors, florists and caterers. It also contains an online shop selling handwritten sympathy cards.
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website dedicated to publishing death notices in Ireland. The website allows
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On 2 May 2024, it was announced that the business had been acquired by
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Obituary
rip.ie
obituary
funeral directors
Dundalk
COVID-19 pandemic
Central Statistics Office
Mike Feerick
Irish High Court
The Irish Times
"'You can only do a funeral once, and you have to do it right': The story behind RIP.ie"
TheJournal.ie
"Contact RIP.ie - Publish a death notice"


"Sale of a deaths brand: the struggle to offload RIP.ie"
"Website for bereaved relatives"
The Argus
"'Would you ever whisht up while I catch up on the death notices?'"
Irish Times
"Excess mortality of between 876 and 1,192 recorded during March and September, CSO data shows"
TheJournal.ie
"The Irish Times Group acquires online death notice platform RIP.ie"
Official website
Categories
2005 establishments in Ireland
Acknowledgements of death
Internet properties established in 2005
Irish news websites

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