Who was Conor Downey? Convicted killer died in Cork City house fire

Conor Downey was jailed for manslaughter in London in 1993 after he confessed to the 1988 killing of 26-year-old Donegal woman Suzanne Redden.

The man who died in a house fire in Cork City on Tuesday was named locally as convicted killer Conor Downey, who had moved back to his family home following his release from prison in 2012.

The 57-year-old was pronounced dead after being found in his home in following the blaze in Douglas. His body has since been removed to Cork University Hospital where a post-mortem is set to take place at a later date.