Gardaí question three children after hotel blaze

THREE children have been quizzed by gardaí about the fire which destroyed the disused John Barleycorn Hotel in Riverstown, Glanmire, Co Cork.

Last night, garda sources said the three children, aged eight, nine and 12 years were fortunate to have escaped with their lives.

Investigators suspect the children climbed in through a window of the building and started a slow-burning fire in an upstairs room.