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Extra.ie
25-05-2025
- Extra.ie
Man held in connection with Creeslough blast released without charge
A man arrested by gardaí investigating the devastating explosion at a service station in Creeslough, Co. Donegal, in which 10 people died, has been released without charge. 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 7, 2022, in the village of Creeslough. Pic: Paul Faith/AFP via Getty Images The man aged in his 60s was arrested on Friday for alleged offences contrary to the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act 1997. He had been held at a garda station in the north-west. Gardaí yesterday confirmed he was released without charge. A file on the matter will be prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions. Pic: Brian Lawless/PA Wire The investigation into the explosion, which ripped through the service station and an adjacent apartment block, is being coordinated from Milford Garda station, where an incident room remains in operation. The inquiry is being led by local gardaí, supported by a number of different 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, Jessica Gallagher, Martin McGill, James O'Flaherty, Martina Martin, Hugh 'Hughie' Kelly and 14-year-old Leona Harper.
Belfast Telegraph
24-05-2025
- Belfast Telegraph
Man arrested in Creeslough explosion investigation released without charge
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 7 2022 in the village of Creeslough. The man aged in his 60s was arrested on Friday for alleged offences contrary to the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act 1997. He had been held at a Garda station in the north-western region. The Garda said he has been released without charge and a file would now be prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions. The investigation into the explosion, which ripped through the service station and an adjacent apartment block, is being co-ordinated from Milford Garda station, where an incident room is in operation. The inquiry is being led by local gardai, supported by a number of different agencies, including Ireland's 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.
ITV News
24-05-2025
- ITV News
Man arrested in Creeslough explosion investigation released without charge
A man arrested by gardai investigating an explosion at a petrol station in Cresslough has been released without charge. 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 7 2022 in the Co Donegal village. The man aged in his 60s was arrested on Friday for alleged offences contrary to the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act 1997. He had been held at a Garda station in the north-western region. The Garda said he has been released without charge and a file would now be prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions. The investigation into the explosion, which ripped through the service station and an adjacent apartment block, is being co-ordinated from Milford Garda station, where an incident room is in operation. The inquiry is being led by local gardai, supported by a number of different agencies, including Ireland's 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.
Irish Daily Mirror
24-05-2025
- Irish Daily Mirror
Major update in Garda investigation into Creeslough explosion
A man arrested by Gardaí investigating an explosion at a service station in Co Donegal in which 10 people died has been released without charge. 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 7 2022 in the village of Creeslough. The man aged in his 60s was arrested on Friday for alleged offences contrary to the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act 1997. He had been held at a Garda station in the north-western region. The Garda said he has been released without charge and a file would now be prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions. The investigation into the explosion, which ripped through the service station and an adjacent 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 a number of different agencies, including Ireland's 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.
Irish Examiner
24-05-2025
- Irish Examiner
Man arrested in connection with Creeslough explosion released without charge
A man in his 60s who was arrested on Thursday as part of the investigation into the fatal explosion in Creeslough, Co Donegal, has been released without charge. Gardaí confirmed on Friday that a file will now be prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). The man had been detained, under the provisions of section 4 Criminal Justice Act 1984, as part of the ongoing investigation into the explosion at a building complex in Creeslough in October 2022, which claimed the lives of 10 people He was the fifth person to be arrested in connection with the explosion at the Applegreen/Nearby service station and store in the Co Donegal town. In May last year, gardaí arrested a man and a woman, both aged in their 40s, for alleged offences contrary to the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act 1997. Earlier in the year, two men in their 50s were arrested in connection with the explosion. Like the man and the woman arrested in May, they were later released without charge. The investigation continues to be led by local gardaí in the 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). Those who died on October 7, 2022, in the explosion, were James O Flaherty, 48, Jessica Gallagher, 24, Martin McGill, 49, Catherine O Donnell, 39, and her son James Monaghan, 13, Hugh Kelly, 59, Martina Martin, 49, Robert Garwe, 50, and his daughter Shauna Flanagan Garwe, 5, and Leona Harper, 14.
