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Ireland records first death from coronavirus - RTE

DUBLIN, March 11 (Reuters) - A elderly woman with an underlying illness who contracted the coronavirus became the first to die from the virus in Ireland on Wednesday, local media including national broadcaster RTE and the Irish Times reported.

Confirmed cases of coronavirus in Ireland rose to 34 on Tuesday from 24 a day earlier, the health department said in a daily update. (Reporting by Padraic Halpin; editing by John Stonestreet)