Man due in court over Boyle fire

A man (33) detained by gardaí after a Co Roscommon house fire in which a five-year-old girl died has been charged.

A man (33) detained by gardaí after a Co Roscommon house fire in which a five-year-old girl died has been charged.

The man remains in Garda custody and will be brought before Ballinasloe District Court later this morning.

A woman in her 50s, also arrested for questioning in relation to the fire, remains in custody at Boyle Garda station.

Mari Keane Connolly, who died in the Boyle fire, was buried on Tuesday.

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