Efforts to establish the cause of an overnight fire in Co Louth are getting underway this morning.

THOUSANDS of chickens were incinerated after an accidental fire destroyed a poultry farm early yesterday.

Two men were being questioned today after a third so-called “head shop” was hit by fire.

An investigation is underway into a fatal house fire in Co Limerick.

Firefighters searching through the debris of a hotel fire in Paris found the body of a small child today, raising the death toll to 22.