Neighbour saw pensioner’s curtains were ‘alive with bluebottles’

A pensioner’s body was found in her bedroom after a neighbour noticed that her curtains were "alive with bluebottles", an inquest heard.

Maureen O’Reilly, 79, had been dead for up to two months before she was found at her home at College Drive, Terenure, on June 17 last year.

Dublin Coroner’s Court heard from her niece, Denise Church, that she was a very private woman who did not like letting people into the house. The family would meet up with her every two to three months.