Two Irish people received suspended sentences in connection with the deaths of two students in Belgium.

Belgian public prosecutors and police are investigating if the house in which two Irish students died in a blaze had a fire safety certificate.

The distressed parents of a Galway student who lost her life in a fire in Belgium flew out to identify their daughter’s remains late yesterday.

Christmas came early for Dace Zarina when she got word of her move to Leuven.

Belgian police have confirmed that the two bodies found at the scene of a fire in Leuven are those of two Irish students.