Gardaí probe suspicious death of elderly woman

Relatives of a pensioner found dead in her Limerick home yesterday were said to be “distressed and shocked” after gardaí confirmed they were treating her death as suspicious.

Gardaí sealed off Rose Hanrahan’s home at New Road, Thomondgate, and officers removed the 78-year old’s car from outside her house to a Garda lock-up where it will be forensically examined.

The widow was described by neighbours as a “pure angel”.