The late Willie Crowley would have continued to serve the people of Millfield Manor after a fire levelled a terrace of houses there, writes Michael Clifford

A report into a fire in a Kildare housing estate in which six homes were burnt to the ground in less than an hour, has highlighted widespread fire safety concerns.

A 39-year-old man has been charged with arson in connection with a blaze which went out of control and gutted six terraced houses in Kildare.

A man has been charged in connection with a number of fires at Millfield Manor estate, Newbridge, Co Kildare.

Emergency services are battling a major fire at a housing estate in Co. Kildare.