Man sets himself alight after row with girlfriend

A man has sustained serious burns after he set himself on fire in Co Monaghan at the weekend.

The 24-year-old man is believed to have set himself alight in Drumass, near the village of Inniskeen, following a row with his girlfriend.

Two gardaí managed to drag the man from his girlfriend's house and extinguish the flames before taking him to hospital in Dundalk, where he is being treated for severe burns.

His injuries are not believed to be life-threatening.