Gardaí investigate drowning in Laois canal

Gardaí are continuing their investigation into how a woman in her 30s fell into a canal and drowned in Co Laois on Saturday night.

The dead woman has been named locally as Yvonne O’Shea, with an address in Crumlin, Dublin. The tragedy happened at the Grand Canal near the small village of Vickerstown in Laois shortly after 7pm on Saturday.