Fire death woman named locally

The 46-year-old woman who died in a house fire in Co. Westmeath last night has been named locally as Noleen McKenna.

Ms McKenna died when a blaze broke out at her house in O'Connell Terrace in Mullingar at around 8pm yesterday.

The scene remains sealed off for a technical examination and it is understood her body has been taken to the Midland Regional Hospital Mullingar for a post mortem.

Gardaí are not treating her death as suspicious.s.