Man arrested at airport quizzed over nursing home death

A MAN arrested at Dublin Airport was being questioned last night in relation to the suspicious death of an elderly woman in a nursing home.

The 83-year-old woman, named locally as Vera Vollrath, is believed to have been a German national who was living for some time in Tramore, Co Waterford, was found dead early yesterday at Killure Bridge Nursing Home outside Waterford city. It is understood she had been in poor health for some time, having suffered a stroke.

A report was made to Tramore Garda Station at about 5.30am yesterday after the woman’s body was discovered in the home. The alarm was raised by staff who found her body when they were checking residents in their bedrooms. It is understood the woman may have been suffocated in her bed with a pillow.