Woman who lay dead in Cork house for some time named locally as Joyce O’Mahony

It is understood that Ms O’Mahony was extremely private and had not been seen locally for several years

The body of the deceased lady was found on Tuesday afternoon after pest control services were called to a premises nearby. Picture: Chani Anderson

A woman in her 60s who is understood to have lain dead in a house at Brookfield Lawn in the Lough in Cork city for at least a year, if not considerably longer, has been named locally as Joyce O’Mahony.

Ms O’Mahony was predeceased by her father Dr Thomas J O’Mahony who had a very successful and large GP surgery in the Lough prior to his death in 2010. A highly respected man, he was originally from Denroches Cross in Cork.