Man held over Irish tourist’s death

AN ALGERIAN was arrested yesterday in connection with the murder of a Dublin man, who died 17 days after being found unconscious and with severe head injuries in the Canary Islands.

Spanish police initially concluded that Daniel Paul O’Callaghan, a shop manager from Rathmines, Co Dublin, had died after an accidental fall while holidaying on the islands in May 2002.

The 24-year-old’s body was discovered in a laneway close to pubs and nightclubs at the popular holiday resort of Playa del Ingles, which is situated on the south coast of Gran Canaria.