Man dies in Kilkenny apartment fire

A man has died in a fire in an apartment in Kilkenny city.

A man has died in a fire in an apartment in Kilkenny city.

The 51-year-old’s body was recovered from the Wellington Square apartments shortly after 2am this morning.

Gardai said they were investigating the cause of the fire but that they were not treating the death as suspicious.

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