TRAGEDY struck the Glaslough area on Friday last when a local man died in a housefire.

Oliver McCourt, 58, died in the blaze at his bungalow home at Faulkland Bridge near Glaslough Village.

The alarm was raised by locals at approximately 11am and the emergency services called.

Fire officers and gardai from Monaghan attended the scene.

A gardai forensic team examined the scene and foul play is not suspected.