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'We all have a role to play': Calls for system to curb urban isolation of the elderly

More must be done to flag urban isolation after a third inquest in a week heard how an elderly person lay dead in their home for months before their body was discovered.

Fri, 25 Oct, 2019

Man found six months after death: Let’s try to avert lonely deaths

Over the last months, there has been a spike in interest in all things Japanese and one of the phenomena revealed is the scale of “lonely deaths”: People dead in their homes for long periods before being discovered.

Fri, 18 Oct, 2019

Man’s body ‘possibly’ in house for 7 months

Kevin O’Neill The body of an 85-year-old man which was discovered at his home in Cork on Friday may have been undiscovered for seven months.

Tue, 23 Jul, 2019

'An absolute gentleman': Tributes paid to Cork pensioner who lay in home undiscovered for months

The body of an 85-year-old man which was discovered at his home in Cork on Friday may have been undiscovered for seven months.

Mon, 22 Jul, 2019