A woman in her 40s has died in a house fire in Dublin, gardaí have confirmed.
The fire broke out at 8:45pm on Thursday at a property on Howth Road in Clontarf.
Gardaí and firefighters rushed to the scene when the alarm was raised but couldn't save the woman. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
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A garda spokesman told Dublin Live : "Gardaí were alerted by local Fire Services following reports of a house fire on Howth Road, Clontarf, Dublin 3, shortly after 8:45pm, on Thursday 15th December 2022.
"The occupant of the house, a woman in her 40s, was pronounced dead at the scene. Her body has been removed to the Mortuary in Whitehall, Dublin where a post-mortem will take place at a later date."
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