Community in ‘total shock’ as mother and son killed in house fire in Co Cavan named locally

Kathleen Lynch, aged in her 80s, and her son Michael Lynch, aged in his 50s, died after their home caught fire in the early hours of Sunday morning in Ballyjamesduff. Picture: PA

A local councillor has said the community is in “total shock” after a mother and son were killed in a house fire in Co Cavan.

Kathleen Lynch, aged in her 80s, and her son Michael Lynch, aged in his 50s, died after their home caught fire in the early hours of Sunday morning in Ballyjamesduff.