{"id":412104,"date":"2026-04-22T17:41:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T17:41:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/412104\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T17:41:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T17:41:21","slug":"woman-60s-pronounced-dead-at-house-in-limerick-suburb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/412104\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman, 60s, pronounced dead at house in Limerick suburb"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>GARDAI and emergency services rushed to\u00a0a residence on the outskirts of the city where the body of a woman was discovered, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.limerickleader.ie\/limerickleader.ie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Limerick<\/a> Live has learned.<\/p>\n<p>According to gardai, a woman, aged in her 60s, was pronounced deceased at the scene in Dooradoyle on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHer body has since been removed from the scene and a post-mortem examination will take place in due course,\u201d the gardai said in a press statement on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>It is understood that no foul play is suspected. It is thought that one line of enquiry being followed is that she may have died following a fire in her home.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.limerickleader.ie\/news\/deaths\/2067365\/jason-faulkner-to-be-laid-to-rest-with-sister-scarlett-as-funeral-arrangements-announced-for-limerick-man.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Jason Faulkner to be laid to rest with sister Scarlett as funeral arrangements announced for Limerick man<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Following a query from Limerick Live, a spokesperson for Limerick City and County Council said Limerick Fire and Rescue Service responded to a request from An Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na shortly after 1.20pm on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Fire service resources mobilised immediately and were on scene by approximately 1.30pm.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Fire crews were tasked with gaining entry to the dwelling\u00a0which was achieved within a short period of arrival.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Following confirmation that no further fire service actions were required, the scene was formally handed back to An Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na,&#8221; said a council spokesperson.<\/p>\n<p>The name of the woman has not been released.<\/p>\n<p>May she rest in peace.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"GARDAI and emergency services rushed to\u00a0a residence on the outskirts of the city where the body of a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":412105,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[45,34903,93,61,60,44],"class_list":["post-412104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-an-garda-siochana","tag-dooradoyle","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-limerick-city"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=412104"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412104\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/412105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=412104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=412104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=412104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}