Gardaí are investigating suspected arson at a property in Newtownmountkennedy, Co Wicklow, that was being thought-about for accommodating folks searching for worldwide safety.
The hearth at Trudder Home occurred within the early hours of Saturday morning when fireplace providers attended the scene and extinguished the hearth, the Garda Press Workplace stated.
“Gardaí are investigating a suspected felony injury by fireplace incident that occurred within the early hours of Saturday thirteenth, April 2024, at a property in Newtownmountkennedy, Co Wicklow.”
A technical examination of the scene has been performed and investigations are ongoing, it added.
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The Division of Integration was contemplating finding 20 eight-person tents on the former HSE facility to accommodate folks searching for to reside right here underneath the worldwide safety course of. There had been native protests towards the proposal for the ability, which is often known as River Lodge.
The hearth on the property on the fringe of Newtownmountkennedy is the newest in a sequence of fires at places earmarked for housing refugees.
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