Tánaiste condemns Galway hotel fire as two Fianna Fáil councillors blame Government policy for incident

Gardaí believe the hotel was set ablaze deliberately and have appealed for witnesses to come forward. Picture: Twitter/X

Fianna Fáil and its leader, Tánaiste Micheál Martin, have condemned a suspected arson attack on the Ross Lake House hotel in Galway as two of the party's county councillors blamed the Government’s migrant policy for the incident.

Mr Martin said he wanted to “utterly condemn the criminal destruction” of the former hotel which was earmarked to house 70 international protection applicants later this week.