A POST MORTEM is underway after the discovery overnight of the bodies of a man and a woman at a farmyard near Askeaton.
THE alarm was raised around 3am in the early hours of this Monday morning by a tip off caller to Gardai and the grim discovery was made in the upstairs bedroom of a house at Boolaglass, Askeaton.
The woman, understood to be in her 60s and from Northern Ireland, is thought to have been the subject of a PSNI investigation recently and was also being sought by the FBI in U.S.
The male found at the scene is understood to have been in his late 50s and both remains are believed to have at the location for several weeks.
Gardai contacted the office of the State Pathologist and Professor Marie Cassidy and she has overseen the removal of the bodies from the house and will now carry out post mortem examinations and toxicology tests on the remains of the couple who are understood both to have lived locally for some time in the rented property.
The area remains sealed off and the investigation is likely to focus on the length of time that the remains have been at the farmhouse.
Gardai at Newcastle West (069) 20650, are investigating the matter and are also looking to track the caller who raised the alarm in the early hours.
