Awful news.
A post-mortem examination of a woman’s body, which was discovered in a burning car in Ballincollig, Cork on Monday, has been completed.
A spokesperson for An Garda Síochána has confirmed that the Gardaí are now treating the incident as a “personal tragedy”.
The woman’s body was discovered after the alarm was raised at approximately 6.15pm yesterday (17 December), when a car was spotted on fire in a field off the R618 Inniscarra road. Cork County Fire Services attended the scene and extinguished the fire, making the discovery of the body.
The identity of the woman has not been made public, though Gardaí have noted that she was in her 50s.
An earlier statement from the Gardaí had reported that they were investigating all of the circumstances around the discovery.
A file will now be prepared for the Coroner’s Office.
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