A mother jailed for 17 years for killing her six children in a Derby house fire has lost the first round of a bid to challenge the length of her sentence.

A man in his 30s has been arrested today in connection with a suspected arson attack which killed a five-year-old girl.

A 54-year-old man has died following a fire at his home in Galway city yesterday evening.

The North's worst house fire tragedy which killed a family of seven became a murder investigation tonight - with the father the prime suspect.

A blaze which is feared to have killed seven members of a family in the North's worst house fire tragedy may have been started deliberately, it emerged tonight.

Police in the North have not ruled out criminal involvement in a house fire which is feared to have claimed the lives of a family of seven today.

An eight-month-old baby has died in a fire in the North, it emerged today.

A 48-year-old woman is dead following a house fire in Dublin last night.

A firefighter left severely brain-damaged and practically mute almost 10 years ago has stunned doctors by suddenly asking for his wife.

An elderly woman has died in a house fire in Roundstone in Co Galway.

A 79-year-old woman has died in an overnight house fire at a cottage near Headford in Co Galway.

Six children died in a Louisiana house fire after rescuers were unable to fight their way through thick clouds of smoke.

Gardaí have released the names of the mother and son who were killed in house fire in Cork early this morning.

A baby and his grandmother have been killed in a house fire in Co Longford.

An elderly man has died in a house fire near Bridgetown in Co Wexford.