Gardaí probe Youghal arson attack

Gardaí suspect an arson attack on a house may be linked to a planning objection which has sparked furious debate in a Co Cork town.

Emergency services were alerted to a fire at a house in Youghal yesterday morning, which gardaí say was started when a petrol bomb was thrown into the property.

The middle-aged couple who live in the house managed to escape injury and while some damage was caused it wasn’t extensive.