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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Rory Carroll Ireland correspondent

Bodies of couple lay undiscovered in Irish home for 18 months

The couple's property in Rossane
The garden’s unkempt condition was one factor that led police to make a welfare check on Monday. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA

Police in Ireland are investigating the cause of death of two British pensioners whose bodies lay undiscovered in their rural bungalow for an estimated 18 months until they were found this week.

The couple, named locally as Nicholas Smith, 81, and his wife, Hilary Smith, 79, lived in a remote townland called Rossane, about three miles from Cloneen village in County Tipperary.

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