Man who died in Kerry fire named locally

The man who died in a house fire near Killorglin Co Kerry has been named locally as Michael Sheehan, who was in his 60s, and lived alone in a remote area near Glencar.

A unit of the fire service on its way from attending a road traffic accident spotted the blaze from the main Killorglin to Glencar road at around 4.30am on Friday morning.