Macroom fire: Heroic neighbour is the reason Nóirín survived fatal blaze

One of the more prominent features on the front of Nóirín McAuliffe’s house in Macroom is a satellite dish, prompting thoughts about what she might have been watching on Sunday night.

Now recovering in hospital, she is looking at a different picture when she hopefully emerges from medical treatment.

Her home of some 40 years is gutted from front to back, the eaveshoot drooping sadly, melted by the fierce heat of the fire which swept through the property early yesterday, the same blaze that turned the satellite dish to the colour of rust.