A 28-year-old man died in a house fire at about 2 a.m. yesterday in Killucan, Co Westmeath. He was alone in the house.
A blaze in the car park of a public house in Derrinturin village near Carberry, Co Kildare, is being treated as suspicious by gardai. The fire at about 4 a.m. destroyed three cars and a jeep.
A fire at the Carry McCarry Networks factory in Green castle, Co Donegal, is thought to have caused £300,000 worth of damage.