'Sadness' in Clare as couple whose bodies were found at their home named locally 

Gardaí said: 'Until the post mortems are complete, we can’t say what happened or what didn’t happen. We don’t know the circumstances other than they are suspicious'

Gardaí at the scene where two bodies were found at a house in Kilnaboy, Co Clare on Thursday. Picture: Eamon Ward

The couple whose bodies were found at their home on Thursday afternoon in the Burren village of Killinaboy have been named locally as married couple Joe and Claire Collins.

In an investigation update into the deaths of the couple, Supt John Ryan of Ennis Garda Station confirmed that the bodies of the couple were removed from the scene at 11pm last night to the mortuary at University Hospital Limerick.