Pensioner died after nightdress caught fire

AN 86-YEAR-OLD woman died from severe burns after her nightdress caught fire in the living room of her Co Clare farmhouse, an inquest heard last night.

Seamus Moloney, a son of Agnes Moloney, told how he found her lying on the floor of the family home at Effernan, Kildysart in Co Clare, just minutes after her gown went up in flames.

Mr Moloney, who was in the farmyard when he heard the fire alarm, told Dublin City Coroner’s Court: “She was lying on the floor of the living room and kitchen. She was badly burned, her hair was still smoking.