A woman died in a house fire in Cork city early yesterday.
The women was named as Ms Frances Corcoran (48), Flat 6, Knocknacree, St Clare's Avenue, College Road, Cork.
The fire broke out in the ground-floor flat at 4.15 a.m. Efforts by the fire brigade to resuscitate Ms Corcoran at the scene failed and she was taken by ambulance to Cork University Hospital where she was pronounced dead.
A post-mortem is to be carried out, but gardai believe the fire started accidentally.