LAST UPDATE | 17 Jul

CONDOLENCES HAVE BEEN offered to a young mother-of-one who was found dead yesterday at a hotel in Limerick City.

The deceased, named locally as 25-year-old Clodagh Ferguson, was pronounced dead at the Clayton Hotel on Wednesday night.

It’s understood the woman’s body was found by emergency services inside a room at the hotel located at Steamboat Quay, adjacent to the River Shannon.

Gardaí said they “assisted emergency services with a medical emergency” at a premises in Limerick City at around 10.20pm yesterday.

“A woman was pronounced deceased by ambulance personnel. No further information is available at this time,” Gardaí added.

Hundreds of people posted tributes and condolences to Clodagh on social media.

One friend wrote: “Rest in Peace gorgeous girl, thinking of your little boy and your family at this time, so heartbreaking.”

Another stated: “RIP Clodagh I hope you have found peace and that your little boy and family have the strength to get through this heartbreaking time”.

Another posted: “Rest in peace with the angels. My condolences to your family, friends and relatives. May God watch over them all.”

Another woman described Clodagh as “another angel gone too soon”.

“Fly high and free condolences to her family give them strength at this sad time just heart breaking,” the woman added.

Reliable sources said a post mortem would be carried out today to assist authorities in the cause of her death.

Gardaí hope the results of the autopsy will help determine the course of their ongoing investigation.