The post-mortem has revealed that the singer died of natural causes.
This morning, a court official said Gately suffered from "an acute pulmonary oedema - an accumulation of fluid on the lungs - and revealed that alcohol consumption was not a factor. However, the results of more in-depth toxicology reports will not be released until later in the week."
Stephen's husband, Andy Cowles, is now free to fly the body home. The rest of the band departed Majorca yesterday, with one source saying: "They went there to pay their respects and start dealing with the fallout of the situation. However, it's clear that them being there at the moment is bringing a lot more attention to the situation."
Someone else bringing a lot more attention to the situation is one Georgi Petrov Dochev, the 25-year-old Bulgarian who reportedly found Stephen's body on the couch. You can check The Mirror and The Sun for those details, if you wish.
Instead, we will leave you with this quote from Andy, who must be going through an insurmountable amount of turmoil. Our thoughts are with him:
"We have had wilder nights out in Dublin and this was nothing out of the ordinary. I just don't understand it. What hurts most is that he was only yards from me in the room next door and I didn't even know he was slipping away. If only I had gone in to check him."