BREAKING: Two arrested over fatal explosion in Creeslough

Two people have been arrested in relation to the fatal explision that killed ten people in Creeslough in October, 2022.

On Monday morning, a man and a woman, both aged in their 40s, were arrested for alleged offences contrary to the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act 1997.

The pair are detained under the provisions of section 4 Criminal Justice Act 1984 at separate Garda stations in County Donegal.

The arrests were made by officers probing the fatal explosion at the Applegreen complex on October 7, 2022.

The probe is one of the most complex undertaken by gardai with over 1,000 lines of inquiry.

The investigation is being co-ordinated from Milford Garda station where an Incident Room is established under the direction of a Garda Senior Investigating Officer.

The investigation continues to be 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) & the Commission for the Regulation of Utilities (CRU).

In March, two men, both aged in their 50s, were arrested and released wuthout charge.

At the time, An Garda Siochana said the investigation was “ongoing with the intention of submitting a file to the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions.”

Those who died in the blast were James O’Flaherty, Jessica Gallagher, Martin McGill, Catherine O’Donnell, James Monaghan, Hugh Kelly, Martina Martin, Robert Garwe, Shauna Flanagan Garwe and Leona Harper.