Bodies found in Tipperary

A garda investigation is underway after the discovery of the bodies of a couple in their 70s at a house in south Tipperary where they may have lain dead for ...

Members of the Garda Technical Bureau were due to perform a forensic examination of the scene. “Cloneen is a very small, close-knit village. Some had believed that as they had not seen them for so long, the couple may have moved away for a period of time.

Gardaí are investigating the discovery of the bodies of an elderly couple in a house in Co Tipperary.

“It is a very early stage in the investigation and we are keeping an open mind. There was no sign of a disturbance in the house and there was no sign of any forced entry. The indications were that the couple had been dead for a considerable period of time.

Gardaí had called to the house in Cloneen, near Clonmel after neighbours reported that the couple had not been seen in some time.

The local person said they were concerned for the pair, who some locals had understood to be away on holidays. It is understood that one body was found in a bedroom and the other in the living room. “We will be very much guided by the results of the postmortem but it’s simply far too early to speculate on how they died.”

The discovery was made on Monday afternoon in the townland of Cloneen, near the Tipperary-Kilkenny border.

The offices of the State Pathologist have been notified, a Garda statement said. The bodies of an older man and woman have been found in a home in Co Tipperary. The discovery was made on Monday afternoon in the townland of Cloneen, near the Tipperary-Kilkenny border.