Tests to show woman was dead for eight months

TESTS on the body of a woman discovered in a bed in her Mayo home are expected to show she was lying dead for nearly eight months.

The body of 70-year-old Agnes Lyons was found last week in the house she shared with her elderly brother and sister.

The State Pathologist’s office is still conducting a number of tests to confirm when Ms Lyons died but garda sources said they are likely to reveal that while the body lay in the bed for many months, it was not more than a year.