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Supplementary file with formal Garda recommendations submitted to the DPP, in addition to the primary file submitted in September 2025. A briefing was held with victims' families on Thursday. Gardaí reiterated their public appeal for information.

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Reports that gardaí have submitted a supplementary file with formal recommendations to the DPP, in addition to a primary file sent in September 2025. Also reports that Minister for Justice Jim O'Callaghan will meet affected families in the coming weeks.

Reports that Gardaí have submitted a supplementary file with formal recommendations to the DPP, in addition to the primary file submitted in September 2025. The most recent family liaison briefing was held on 2 April 2026. The Garda Investigation Team continues to operate from Milford Garda Station under a Senior Investigating Officer and is appealing for witnesses.

Sixth arrest in the Creeslough explosion investigation; man released without charge, file to be prepared for DPP. All six arrested so far have been released without charge.

Reports the arrest of a man in his 40s, the sixth person arrested in the Creeslough explosion investigation, detained under Section 4 Criminal Justice Act 1984 at a Garda station in the Dublin Metropolitan Region. Names all 10 victims and confirms the investigation is led by local Gardaí in the Donegal Division with GNBCI, HSA and CRU support.

Confirms the arrest took place on Friday morning (11 September 2025), specifies the charge as Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act 1997, states the suspect is detained under Section 4 Criminal Justice Act 1984 at a Dublin Metropolitan Region garda station, and notes the investigation has had over 1,350 lines of inquiry and nearly 1,000 statements.

Confirms the specific statutory charges (Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act 1997), that the suspect is detained under Section 4 Criminal Justice Act 1984 at a Dublin Metropolitan Region Garda station, and that the investigation is coordinated from Milford Garda Station with support from GNBCI, HSA and CRU.

Details the insurance dispute: €1.7 million building insurance, €65,000 contents claim, €6.5 million public liability sum totalling €8.265 million; disagreement between Vivo Shell (Laffertys) and apartment owners over distribution; names all 10 victims including Catherine O'Donnell and James O'Flaherty not previously listed; notes Donegal County Council approved redevelopment of the site in February, appealed by bereaved families; Gardaí and other agencies continue to investigate the cause.

Reports that the man in his 60s, arrested on Friday, has been released without charge and that a file will be prepared for the DPP. It also lists the ten people who died and the agencies involved in the investigation.

A man in his 60s was released without charge after being questioned about alleged offences under the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act 1997. A file will be prepared for the DPP. His arrest brought the total number of people detained for questioning to five. The article also provides the full list of 10 victims and details of the investigation structure.

Reports a second arrest in the Creeslough explosion investigation on 23 May 2025, names all 10 victims, and confirms a prior arrest last November of another man in his 60s who was released without charge.

Reports a further arrest on 23 May 2025 in the investigation into the explosion, which the article calls the latest arrest in the probe.

Reports the arrest on 23 May 2025 of a man in his sixties, his detention under section 4 Criminal Justice Act 1984, the suspected offence category, the investigation's structure, and names the 10 victims with their ages.

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Reports that the man arrested on Thursday morning has been released without charge, and sets out the continuing investigation led from Milford Garda station.

The man in his 60s was questioned on Thursday in connection with alleged offences under the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act 1997 and released without charge. A file will be prepared for the DPP. The article also recaps earlier arrests (two men in March, a man and woman in the 40s in May) and notes the investigation is led by local Donegal gardaí with support from the GNBCI, HSE and CRU, focused on the gas system at the site.

Reports the arrest of a man in his 60s on 20 November 2024 for alleged reckless endangerment, provides the full list of 10 victims by name, confirms a gas leak as the central line of enquiry, and details the investigation structure from Milford Garda Station.

Reports the arrest on 20 November 2024. The man presented himself voluntarily at Dundalk Garda Station, and his solicitor confirmed the arrest was shortly before 10am. The investigation is led by local Gardaí in Donegal Division with GNBCI support and is co-ordinated from Milford Garda Station.

Reports the arrest of the man in his 60s, noting he voluntarily presented himself at Dundalk Garda station at around 10am on 20 November 2024, and that he was charged with offences under the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act 1997 and detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984 at a Garda station in the Garda North Western Region.

Reports the arrest of a man in his 60s for alleged offences under the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act 1997, detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984. Adds that four people were previously arrested and released without charge, and that the investigation has had over 1,350 lines of inquiry.

Reports the arrest of a man and a woman in their 40s in the ongoing investigation into the Creeslough explosion; no charges are reported.

Reports the release without charge of two people in their 40s arrested on Monday, after two men were detained in March. Gardaí say the investigation is ongoing and a file will go to the DPP.

Reports that a man and a woman aged in their 40s were arrested on Monday (27 May 2024) under the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act 1997 and released without charge; the investigation continues with a file intended for the DPP. Four people have now been arrested in total.

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Reports two new arrests of a man and a woman in their 40s on suspicion of offences under the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act, 1997, and says the earlier March detainees were released without charge. The file will go to the DPP once the investigation is complete.

Reports the May 2024 arrest of a man and a woman in their 40s, detained under section 4 Criminal Justice Act 1984. Adds investigation scale (over 1,000 lines of inquiry) and the Milford-based incident room. Notes that two men in their 50s were arrested and released without charge in March.

Reports that gardaí have identified other people of interest, that two men arrested the previous Friday were released without charge, and that the investigation is continuing with a file to the DPP.

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Adds that two men in their fifties were arrested and released without charge, that files go to the DPP, and that the investigation is led by Donegal gardaí with GNBCI support.

Adds that the two men arrested on the Friday before publication were released without charge, that they were detained under section 4 Criminal Justice Act 1984 at separate Donegal Garda stations, and that the investigation continues toward a file for the DPP.

Reports the arrest of two men in their 50s over the Creeslough explosion and says gardaí are planning at least one more arrest. The article's headline refers to a third arrest.

First report of arrests in the Creeslough explosion investigation, nearly two years after the incident. Two men in their 50s were detained at separate Garda stations in Co Donegal.

Two men aged in their fifties were arrested and detained under section 4 Criminal Justice Act 1984 on suspected breaches of the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act 1997. The article names the victims, gives their ages, and reports Gardaí's suspected gas leak cause.

Reports the arrest of two men in their 50s on Friday 22 March 2024, both detained under section 4 Criminal Justice Act 1984, and lists the ten people who died.

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Reports that two men in their 50s were arrested on 22 March 2024 in connection with the Creeslough explosion investigation. No existing case in the list covers this incident.

Reports the arrest of two men in their 50s in the Creeslough explosion investigation, who are being investigated for endangerment under the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act 1997. The investigation focuses on how the gas system was run and maintained.

Garda investigation update on the Creeslough explosion, giving enquiry statistics, the investigating units and support agencies, and the names and ages of the ten people who died.

Commissioner Harris confirms gas explosion experts drafted in; investigation described as complex and time-consuming; injured survivor (man in his 20s) released from hospital and interviewed as part of the investigation.

Garda Commissioner Drew Harris, speaking in Lifford after a meeting with the Donegal Joint Policing Committee, confirmed the investigation into the Creeslough explosion is ongoing, well-resourced, and supported by gas-explosion experts, with a responsibility to report to the coroner.