Three arrests in relation to arson attack on Dublin pub

Gardaí said that the three arrests on Thursday bring to 10 the number of people arrested for arson attacks in recent months

False rumours had circulated that asylum-seekers would be housed there but the Dublin Region Homeless Executive confirmed it was for homeless families. File picture: Gareth Chaney/Collins

Three people have been arrested on Thursday following a New Year's Eve arson incident in Dublin. 

The fire broke out at the vacant Shipwright pub in Ringsend. The building had been earmarked for housing members of the homeless community.