Mother beaten back by flames in failed bid to save daughter

A 65-year-old mother battled desperately to rescue her daughter who suffers from multiple sclerosis as their Co Limerick home was engulfed in flames.

Louise Kett, who was in her early 30s, perished in the blaze which gutted the family home at Meanus.

Her mother, Joan Kett, is recovering from smoke inhalation at Limerick’s Mid Western Regional Hospital.