Arrest in connection with Drogheda house fire which seriously injured elderly woman

A 27-year-old woman has been arrested in connection with a suspicious house fire in Drogheda, Co Louth last year in which an elderly woman was seriously injured and subsequently died.

A 27-year-old woman has been charged with the manslaughter of an elderly woman, who died after an arson attack at her home in Co Louth.

Eva Berrill who was in her 70s, was hospitalised following the fire in Drogheda last summer. She died three months later in hospital.