A man has been killed in a fire in Dublin in the early hours of this morning.

Gardaí at the Bridewell station are investigating the blaze which broke out in a flat in Constitution Hill.

The victim who was in his late 50s was found when emergency services were alerted at around half three this morning - no one else was in the building at the time.

The scene is currently sealed off as Gardai carry out a forensic examination and the state patholigist has been notified.