Man arrested in connection with fatal explosion at Creeslough, Donegal

Gardaí have a arrested a male, aged in his 60s, in connection with the explosion that claimed the lives of 10 people at a building complex in Creeslough, County Donegal in 2022.

It's believed the man voluntarily presented himself at Dundalk Garda Station this morning and was arrested shortly before 10am.

The investigation is being co-ordinated from Milford Garda Station and led by local Gardaí in Donegal Division, supported by the Garda National Bureau of Criminal Investigation (GNBCI) and other agencies including the Health & Safety Authority (HSA) and the Commission for the Regulation of Utilities (CRU).

This morning, Thursday 20th November, 2024, investigating Gardaí arrested a male, aged in his 60s, for alleged offences contrary to the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act 1997.

This male is currently detained under the provisions of Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984 at a Garda station in the Garda North Western Region.

Ten people, including two teenagers and a young child, died in the explosion in Creeslough, Co Donegal, on 7 October 2022. Four men and three women also died in blast.

They were Robert Garwe and his five-year-old daughter Shauna Flanagan Garwe, Catherine O'Donnell and her 13-year-old son James Monaghan, Jessica Gallagher, Martin McGill, James O'Flaherty, Martina Martin, Hugh Kelly and 14-year-old Leona Harper.

Gardaí say the investigation into the fatal explosion in Creeslough is ongoing.