Prayers are being said at religious services across the country for the ten people, including five children, who lost their lives in yesterday's fire in South Dublin.

All those who perished in the blaze at a halting site on the Glenamuck Road in Carrickmines were members of two extended families.

Books of Condolence are open in the locality today and Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council is opening one tomorrow.

The fire is not being treated as suspicious, but the cause hasn't been identified.

These people at the Church of the Ascension of the Lord in Balally in south county Dublin, say the community is still in shock:

Books of condolence have been opened at a number of local shops