Mother who lost son in Macroom fire ‘left with nothing’ following the tragedy

The mother of Kenneth Relihan, who died in a house fire in Macroom last week, has been left with “nothing” following the tragedy, her daughter said yesterday.

The fire in St Colman’s Park estate claimed the lives of Kenneth, 27, and Noel O’Mahony, 62, who was visiting the house. Kenneth’s mother, Nóirín McAuliffe, 61, only escaped the blaze after jumping from an upstairs window.

Sinead McAuliffe said her mother had lost everything in the fire and appealed for the public’s help in providing anything they could to make Nóirín’s life easier when she is released from hospital.