Bodies of elderly couple found in Mayo home

Gardaí have launched an investigation after the bodies of an elderly couple were found in a house in Co Mayo.

The discovery was made at around 3pm at a house near the village of Irishtown in the Claremorris region, after the alarm was raised by an acquaintance of the family.

The man is believed to be in his 70s and the woman in her 60s. They were named locally as Tom and Kitty Fitzgerald and were understood to have been very well known in the area.