Four arrests over suspected arson at planned Irish asylum hotel
The Peninsula
Dublin: Irish police said Thursday that four people had been arrested on suspicion of being linked to a suspected criminal fire last December at a hot...
Dublin: Irish police said Thursday that four people had been arrested on suspicion of being linked to a suspected criminal fire last December at a hotel set to host asylum seekers.
The blaze at the Ross Lake House hotel in Galway, western Ireland, broke out December 16 in what police described as a "criminal damage incident".
At the time of the fire no one was staying at the hotel, which was due to host 70 asylum seekers. There was no official account on the level of damage.
According to police, two males aged in their 40s and 50s and two females in their 40s and 50s were arrested in connection with the fire.
"There is no justification for violence, arson or vandalism in our Republic. Ever," Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said the day after the fire.
