Gardaí believe fire at former Cork convent may have been started intentionally

Gardaí said they are aware “that a large crowd of people recorded mobile phone footage of the blaze and would like those people to come forward”

The scene after the fire at the former Convent of Mercy building and attached church in Skibbereen, Co Cork. Picture: Denis Boyle

Gardaí have said that they believe a fire at a former convent in Co Cork may have been started intentionally.

Gardaí made the announcement in a statement following a technical examination, and they are appealing for witnesses to the fire at the former Sisters of Mercy campus on the Cork Rd in Skibbereen to come forward.