Irish church cracks down on "a la carte" funerals

"DUBLIN (Reuters) - Downing pints of beer and telling blue jokes at funeral services will no longer be tolerated by Roman Catholic priests in Ireland."

The first thing that popped into my head when I read this article were the scenes from Angela's Ashes with Frank McCourt's dad in the pub, using the casket that was for a deceased son as a tabletop for his pint of Guiness.