Coroner Philip Comyn said that there was no third party involvement in the death.

Lawyers for the HSE told the High Court that the woman, who is in her 70s, was not coping living alone in her rural home since her husband died.

A pilot programme run by Cork City Libraries is being delivered to hundreds of nursing home residents locally.

Catherine Gregg of The Cottage, Ballinaclashet, Belgooly, Co Cork previously pleaded guilty to 17 different theft charges.