Man pleads guilty to €2m arson attack

A MIDDLE-AGED man confessed yesterday to carrying out an arson attack on the southern headquarters of the Health Service Executive in June 2007. The fire is estimated to have cost the HSE €2 million.

Thomas “Tom” Jones, aged 47, was arraigned at Cork Circuit Criminal Court on the charge of arson in Wilton, Cork, on June 30 last year. He pleaded guilty to the offence.

Jones, who is formerly of Ringmahon Avenue, Mahon, Cork, was remanded in custody until tomorrow for sentencing.