Bodies of couple lay undiscovered in Irish home for 18 months

Police investigating cause of death of Britons Nicholas and Hilary Smith, 81 and 79, at bungalow in Tipperary

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.