Convicted paedophile Eamon Cooke died of lung cancer, an inquest has heard. Cooke was an inmate at Arbour Hill Prison in Dublin 7 when his health deteriorated and he was transferred to a hospice for palliative care. Cooke was seen at the Mater Hospital in May 2016 and was transferred for palliative care to St Francis Hospice in Raheny. Cooke died at the hospice on June 5th, 2016. The cause of his death was cancer of the lung which had spread, Coroner Dr Myra Cullinane said.

Source: The Irish Times January 17, 2018 15:22 UTC