Separate house fires claim two lives over weekend

TWO people died in house fires in Co Mayo and Co Monaghan at the weekend.

A 48-year-old man, Thomas Dawson, died in a fire at a house in Springfield Court, Castlebar, Co Mayo, at 8.30am on Saturday.

In Co Monaghan, Ann Donaghy, a 52-year-old woman died in a house fire at Knockmaddy, Ballybay, shortly after noon on the same day.