The father and son found dead in a Sligo flat following a fire over the weekend were found hugging each other by fire crews. That’s according to today’s Irish Independent.

Sonny Harte (63) and his son Sean (34) died when a fire ripped through an apartment building on Market Street on Saturday.

Sean's brother Michael said the pair were more like "great brothers than father and son".

"One would be lost without the other," he told the Irish Independent.

"We still don't know what caused the fire. We heard it started in a vacant flat below them but we don't know for sure yet.

"When the fire brigade went in my dad was hugging Sean. The town is in shock. Both dad and Sean were very well known in the town."

Post-mortem examinations have been carried out on the bodies at Sligo Regional Hospital and the results will be forwarded to the county coroner.

Gardaí sealed off the scene of the fire for a technical examination, but the cause of the blaze is not believed to be suspicious.