Gardai investigate fire

GARDAI are investigating a fire at a city centre flat in which a man in his thirties died. The fire began in a Georgian building on Cecil Street at around 9pm on Tuesday night.

Brian Power Close (31) died after he landed on railings when he tried to jump from his fourth-floor flat in Upper Cecil Street, soon after the fire began.

A woman who was rescued from the building was hospitalised suffering from smoke inhalation.  She remains in a stable condition in hospital. A full technical examination is to be carried out by gardai to determine the exact cause of the fire.