English man found dead with his wife in Tipperary home may have died of natural causes

The postmortem finding has yet to be officially confirmed by gardaí but if it is true, it rules out the possibility of a murder-suicide

A house in Cloneen near the Tipperary-Kilkenny border where the bodies of two people were found on Monday afternoon. Picture date: Tuesday June 21, 2022. PA Photo. See PA story IRISH Deaths. Photo credit should read: Niall Carson/PA Wire

One of the two English people whose bodies were discovered after 18 months in a house in Tipperary may have died of natural causes.

The postmortem finding has yet to be officially confirmed by gardaí but if it is true, it rules out the possibility that the deaths of Nick and Hilary Smith were the result of a murder-suicide.