09/07/2013

Elderly Woman Dies After Falling From Window

An elderly woman has died following a fall from a fourth floor window at an apartment complex in central Dublin.

It is believed the woman was cleaning her windows at Avondale House on North Cumberland Street.

She was pronounced dead at Mater Hospital.

No other information on the woman has yet been released. A garda investigation into the incident is underway.

(MH/JP)

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