Woman dies after fire rescue

A SINGLE woman who lost her life in a house fire in Co Limerick early is being hailed a hero for saving the lives of her brother-in-law and her niece.

Nora May O’Hanlon, 64, died in the fire which gutted a house in Corbery Estate, Glin, at about 5.30am yesterday.

Ms O’Hanlon managed to raise the alarm, enabling her brother-in-law PJ Woulfe and his daughter Patricia, who were asleep upstairs, to flee the building in time.