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Funerals of Roscommon house-fire couple to be held in coming days After postmortem results and inquiries gardaí confirm they are not treating fire as suspicious
about 5 hours ago
A man and woman who died in a house fire in Co Roscommon last week are to be laid to rest in the coming days.
A Mass for Nuala Kenny, who was in her 40s, will be held on Thursday in her native Clonfad while the funeral of her partner Joey Tumulty, who was in his 50s, will take place the following day in the neighbouring area of Moore. Both ceremonies are private and for family only due to coronavirus restrictions.
Coronavirus: 11 deaths and 390 cases reported in State Varadkar indicates hairdressers and non-essential retail could reopen in May
about 7 hours ago Updated: 45 minutes ago
Eleven deaths and 390 further Covid-19 cases were reported by health authorities in the State on Tuesday.
Of the fatalities notified to the Health Protection Surveillance Centre, four occurred this month, two in March, four in February and one in January. The median age of those who died was 83, with an age range of between 50 and 93 years.
There have now been 4,847 deaths in the Republic since the pandemic began.
As of 8am on Tuesday, 179 patients were being treated in hospital of which 48 have been admitted to intensive care units. There were 18 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.