A Dandenong funeral director who claimed his staff had been accused of breaking a dead woman's legs to fit her into a coffin has lost a last-minute bid to stop her funeral going ahead.

Former Fianna Fáil Minister Mary O’Rourke was the “ultimate public representative”, "fearless" and a “trailblazer”, her funeral was told on Monday. Mourners were told by her son Cllr Aengus O'Rourke ...