Man arrested in Spain after Irish woman found dead in holiday resort

Police have confirmed they held the 30-year-old man on Sunday night after rushing to a hotel in the Costa Dorada resort of Salou, 70 miles south of Barcelona, and finding the woman in a corridor. File photo: AP/Manu Mielniezuk

An Irish tourist has been arrested on suspicion of murder after an Irish woman was found dead at a hotel in a Spanish holiday resort.

Police have confirmed they held the 30-year-old man on Sunday night after rushing to a hotel in the Costa Dorada resort of Salou, 70 miles south of Barcelona, and finding the woman in a corridor. The man, discovered beside her with a “self-inflicted” wound, was taken to hospital where he remained under police guard on Monday.