Funeral arrangements for Thomas Ruttle, who was found dead with convicted fraudster Julia Holmes in Co Limerick last week, are expected to be finalised today.

Friends of Thomas Ruttle had become concerned that his fraudster partner, Julia Holmes, had been trying in recent months to sell his family home in Co Limerick and move to Spain.

Julia Holmes’ odyssey of international fraud may end in a pauper’s grave in Co Limerick.

The couple found dead in a Co Limerick farmhouse on Monday are likely to have separate funerals, the Irish Examiner has learned.

Gardai have confirmed members of a criminal gang who broke into a farmhouse and discovered the decomposing corpses of a fraudster and her partner, are not likely to face charges of breaking and entering until the investigation into the couple's deaths is concluded.

Shocked community say Julia Holmes seemed to arrive out of the blue more than two years ago, writes Midwest Correspondent Jimmy Woulfe

Gardaí are investigating the discovery of the bodies of a man and a woman near Askeaton in Co. Limerick.

A couple in their 60s have died following a two-vehicle collision on the Askeaton to Rathkeale road in Co Limerick last night.

A rural community was today fighting to come to terms with a double tragedy after a freak electrical accident killed two people at a funeral.

A small rural community was plunged into grief tonight when two men were killed in a tragic accident.

A STATE review of claims that cancer rates are three times higher than normal in west Limerick still hasn't produced findings one year after it was established.