Fire destroys Traveller home

Gardaí are investigating a fire which destroyed a house in a Traveller accommodation development in Clare.

The blaze was reported at around 4.00am at one of six units located adjacent to the M18 motorway at junction 13 at Knockanean. The development is 3km from Ennis town centre.

Four units of the fire brigade along with gardaí and ambulances rushed to the scene and found the bungalow home ablaze. Emergency crews quickly established there was no one in the building at the time.