Man (40s) arrested as part of investigation into Creeslough explosion

A man has been arrested by gardaí investigating an explosion at a petrol station in Co Donegal in which 10 people died.

Four men, three women and three young people, their ages ranging from five to 59, died in the blast on the afternoon of Friday October 7th, 2022, in the village of Creeslough.

The man aged in his 40s was arrested on Friday for alleged offences contrary to the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act 1997.

He is being held at a Garda station in the Dublin area.

The investigation into the explosion, which ripped through the service station and an apartment block, is being co-ordinated from Milford Garda station, where an incident room is in operation.

The inquiry is being led by local gardaí, supported by agencies including the Health and Safety Authority.

The 10 victims were Robert Garwe and his five-year-old daughter Shauna Flanagan-Garwe, Catherine O’Donnell and her 13-year-old son James Monaghan, fashion student Jessica Gallagher, Celtic fan Martin McGill, James O’Flaherty from Sydney, Australia, shop worker Martina Martin, carpenter Hugh “Hughie” Kelly and 14-year-old Leona Harper.