Man in serious condition following Christmas blaze

A Scottish man is still in critical condition in hospital following a house fire in Dundalk yesterday morning.

A Scottish man is still in critical condition in hospital following a house fire in Dundalk yesterday morning.

Mr Ian Calsoon, aged 24, is in the intensive care unit in St James' Hospital in Dublin. Another man escaped the blaze but was also brought to hospital for treatment.

The house was extensively damaged in the fire and gardaí are now investigating the cause of the blaze.

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