Suspected arson attack on Meath pharmacy 'an attack on the whole community'

The incident happened following misinformation that a hotel next door was to be used to house asylum seekers

McQuaids pharmacy, Oldcastle, Co Meath where there was a suspected arson attack on Thursday.

A suspected arson attack on a pharmacy in Co Meath may have been targeting the hotel next door, following misinformation that it was to be used to house asylum seekers.

McQuaid's pharmacy in Oldcastle appears to have been petrol bombed, or doused in petrol and set alight, by someone accessing it from the back entrance at around midnight last night.