Gardaí suspect Kerry-based couple discovered yesterday died by suicide 

Gardaí at the couple's home. A forensics team was still working the scene last night and an autopsy is expected to be carried out on Wednesday. Picture : Domnick Walsh

Gardaí suspect that a couple may have lain dead in a cottage in Co Kerry since late last year before the grim discovery of their bodies yesterday.

The couple, named locally as Hazel and David Byrne, were in their 50s and originally from Co Cork.