Carbon monoxide alarms are to be made available to thousands of older and vulnerable people following a major review of a government grant scheme.

The hero neighbour who saved two elderly sisters from almost certain death from suspected carbon monoxide poisoning is to receive the Cork Person of the Month award.

It is one of the reassuring things about being human that heroism, in all its many shapes and sizes, is all around us, waiting for the moment when nothing else will do, waiting for the critical moment when it above all else is needed.

The neighbour who saved two elderly sisters from almost certain death from suspected carbon monoxide poisoning has described them as "two miracles".