A woman in her 40s has been hospitalised following a house fire in Limerick overnight.

Latest: The structure of Notre Dame has been saved after a huge fire destroyed parts of the famous cathedral, according to a fire chief in Paris.

A "miscommunication" between senior fire officers at Grenfell Tower meant attempts to rescue residents on the highest floors stopped for an hour, an inquiry has heard.

Dublin Fire Brigade is investigating 25 private rental properties specifically reported to the service.

Firefighters giving evidence in a double murder trial have described seeing skulls and a ribcage in a burning car they were hosing more than five years ago.

Fire service officials in Cork City have praised the "outstanding heroism" of a passer-by who rescued a three-year-old boy from the River Lee.

The country’s most expensive fire service costs three times more to run per head of population than the cheapest, but it also gets to almost four times more fires within the critical 10- minute period than the cut- price comparison.

A fireman yesterday described how he saw a five-year-old girl screaming “help, help, help my mom” as she stood in the street and beside her dying 27-year-old mother who had just sustained multiple stab wounds.

A family of ten have been evacuated from their home in Dundalk, Co Louth after a fire in an unoccupied house next door spread to their home.