Post mortem to be carried out on Navan fire victims

A post mortem is due to be carried out today on the bodies of a mother and her six-year-old son who died in a house fire in Navan, Co. Meath yesterday.

Fumes from a smouldering sofa are believed to have killed a young boy and his mother.

Michelle Gilbert and her six-year-old son Jack were found dead in an upstairs bedroom of their home in the Canterbrook estate on the Trim Road, Navan, yesterday afternoon.