International fraudster Holmes cremated in Cork

The final sad chapter in the double suicide of a couple in Co Limerick was concluded yesterday when the body of international fraudster Julia Holmes was cremated at Little Island Crematorium in Cork.

It is believed a relative of her partner, Thomas Ruttle intervened to organise a private cremation after her family in the North refused to have anything to do with her funeral.

It had been thought the West Limerick coroner, Brendan Nix, might have to organise a pauper’s funeral for her.