Man dies after setting himself on fire

A father-of-three died in hospital today after setting himself alight in a solicitor’s office in west Cork.

A father-of-three died in hospital today after setting himself alight in a solicitor’s office in west Cork.

John Harnedy, a 44-year-old self employed steel worker, walked into Wolfe and Company on Market Street in Skibbereen before dousing himself with petrol and setting himself alight.

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