Gardaí question man after fatal mobile home fire

GARDAÍ were last night questioning a man after the suspicious death of a middle-aged man in a fire in Co Kilkenny.

Gardaí arrested a man in his early 20s yesterday evening in connection with the death of Ger Nolan, 44, who died after the mobile home in which he lived went ablaze at Deerpark Cottages, Clogh Road in Castlecomer, in the early hours of yesterday morning.

The man was arrested under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act and can be detained for an initial period of 12 hours.