Man charged in connection with death of woman in Portlaoise

The emergency services were called to the home on Church Street in the town shortly after 12.30pm on Sunday.

A man in his 70s will appear in court this morning charged in relation to the fatal assault of a woman in her 50s in a house in Portlaoise at the weekend. 

The emergency services were called to the home on Church Street in the town shortly after 12.30pm on Sunday.