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Irish Times
4 hours ago
- Irish Times
Gardaí hope postmortems will establish Cork couple's cause of death
Gardaí in Cork are hoping postmortem examinations today will establish what happened to an elderly couple whose bodies were found Monday evening at their home outside the city. The 84-year-old-man and his 79-year-old-wife were discovered around 5pm when the woman's brother called to cut their grass at their terraced house in Glounthaune village in east Cork. The man was unable to gain access to the property and, becoming concerned for the couple's welfare, he called to a neighbour's house looking for assistance to gain entry. The two men forced in the front door to gain entry, only to discover the couple unresponsive on the floor at the foot of the stairs. READ MORE They alerted the gardaí and the emergency services were called. The couple was pronounced dead at the scene by a local GP and gardaí set about organising postmortems. The bodies remained at the property overnight and were removed early this morning to Cork University Hospital where a hospital pathologist has begun a postmortem. Gardaí are hoping the postmortems will establish what exactly happened the couple. However,they are satisfied from their initial inquiries that foul play was not involved. As a consequence they have not requested the services of the State Pathologist's office, which is the case when gardaí believe somebody has died as a result of criminal activity. Garda technical experts were nonetheless called to the scene and began a forensic examination to try and piece together the sequence of events that led to the couple's deaths. One line of inquiry gardaí are examining is whether one of the couple may have fallen on the stairs and the other tried to grab and save them but also fell down the stairs. Gardaí are confident the postmortems will also establish whether either of the couple might have suffered a medical episode which may have contributed to a fall on the stairs. Gardaí have spoken to relatives and established the couple were alive on Sunday evening. As such it is believed they died sometime on Sunday night or Monday morning or afternoon. Locals say the couple was very private and kept very much to themselves in the quiet and small grouping of houses in Glounthaune village which is located 10km east of Cork city.
BreakingNews.ie
12 hours ago
- BreakingNews.ie
Man and woman (80s) found dead at house in Co Cork
A man and woman in their 80s have been found dead at a house in Glounthaune village, seven kilometres east of Cork city. The Garda Press Office has confirmed that gardaí in Mayfield on the northside of Cork city were alerted to an incident on Monday evening at a residence in Glounthaune. Advertisement 'Gardai attended the scene and two bodies were located in the house (one man and one woman aged in their eighties, both deceased. "The scene is preserved for technical examination. No further information is available at this time.' The scene has been sealed off for a technical examination. However, it is understood there is nothing to suggest foul play. The Coroner has been notified, and the bodies of the deceased have been removed to Cork University Hospital for postmortem examinations. The results of the postmortem examinations will determine the course of the garda investigation.
Irish Times
19 hours ago
- Irish Times
Gardaí investigate discovery of bodies of couple (80s) in their Cork home
Gardaí have begun an investigation to try to establish what led to the deaths of an elderly couple whose bodies were found in their house on the outskirts of Cork city on Monday evening. The bodies of the couple, who were both in their 80s, were found in the house in Glounthaune, between Cork and Carrigtwohill, by relatives when they called to the house at about 5pm. The relatives broke down the door when they got no reply and discovered two bodies near the stairs. They immediately alerted the gardaí who cordoned off the scene. According to a garda source, there is nothing at this stage to suggest that the couple were the victims of foul play, but they are keeping an open mind as to what may have happened to them. READ MORE 'We tested the house for gas but there was no evidence of any gas leak there,' said the source. 'We don't know at this stage what happened, but it doesn't appear as if they were the victims of foul play.' Garda forensic experts are due to carry out a technical examination of the scene on Tuesday while gardaí hope post-mortem examinations will help explain what happened to the couple. Gardaí have begun door-to-door inquiries and have established the couple spoke to someone as recently as Sunday. They have also begun harvesting CCTV footage from the area.
