Man who died during cold snap asked for gas heating to be turned off

The gas heating in an apartment where a couple suffering hypothermia were found dead had been switched off at the occupier’s request, an inquest heard.

Dublin City Council had provided John Glennon, 66, with electric heaters but when gardaí entered the apartment at Drumalee Court, North Circular Rd, Dublin 7, they found that a trip switch had cut off the power supply.

Mr Glennon was found dead alongside his partner Deborah McEvoy, 63, on their bedroom floor on Monday, January 14, last year during cold weather. They had been dead for at least 24 hours.