The skeletal remains of the tenant of a council house in Sallynoggin probably remained undiscovered for 12 months despite three visits inside the property in the intervening period by council staff, their agents and gardaí, an inquest has heard.
A sitting of Dublin District Coroner’s Court heard concern had been raised about the welfare of the tenant, Michael Whiston (76) with Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council by a neighbour over a year before his body was found in the back bedroom of his home at Sallynoggin Road Lower on February 2, 2022.
The discovery of Mr Whiston’s mummified remains was made by cleaners employed by the council to clear large amounts of rubbish from what officials believed was an abandoned property.
