'Grim and very sad': Gardaí examine possible alcohol poisoning in Cavan deaths

Garda forensic officers at a house in the Cloverhill area of Belturbet, Co Cavan, where the bodies of a man and a woman, both in their 40s, were discovered yesterday. Picture: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

Gardaí are investigating if the deaths of a man and a woman in a remote Co Cavan house was the result of accidental alcohol poisoning.

Officers are examining if this could have been the result of the unwitting consumption, and toxic effects, of non-commercial spirits.