Garda appeal after hotel arson attack

GARDAÍ believe that old linen and other material were deliberately set alight at the rear of a Cork city hotel, causing more than €10,000 worth of damage to the property.

Nearly 130 guests had to be evacuated from The Maldron Hotel at John Redmond Street when the fire broke out shortly after 12.30am yesterday.

The alarm was raised after staff at the hotel found a trolley full of burning linen and bedding ablaze in a covered area to the rear of the building.