An elderly man has died in a house fire in North Clare overnight.
Emergency services were alerted at around 3.30am and responded to the scene at Moymore about 5 kilometres from Lahinch.
Units of Clare County Fire and Rescue Service from Ennistymon station along with National Ambulance Service resources and Gardaà attended the incident.
A man, believed to be in his 70s, was pronounced deceased and his body remains at the scene.
The local coroner has been notified and a post-mortem examination is is due to be carried out later this morning.
Gardaà and fire crews are still in attendance at the incident.