Tipp community where bodies lay undiscovered for a year subject to 'hatred' on social media

A local councillor has hit out at the response to the tragic story of an English couple, whose bodies were discovered this week, claiming the local community is receiving online abuse

The home in Cloneen, Co Tipperary, where the bodies of an English couple lay undiscovered for up to at least a year. Comments on social media have subjected the local community to “hatred and misinformation”, according to a local councillor. Picture:  Brendan Gleeson

The community around the house where the bodies of an English couple lay undiscovered for up to at least a year have been subjected to “hatred and misinformation”.

A local councillor has said that comments on social media have added to the pain being felt locally over the deaths of pensioners Nicholas and Hilary Smith.