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File sent to DPP over fatal Carrickmines fire

Five adults and five children died in the 2015 blaze
Five adults and five children died in the 2015 blaze

A file has been submitted to the Director of Public Prosecutions over a fire in Carrickmines that claimed ten lives.

Five adults and five children died following the fire at Glenamuck Halting site in the early hours of 10 October 2015.

The ten victims of the blaze died due to carbon monoxide poisoning, an inquest into their deaths previously heard.

At a resumed inquest into the deaths at Dublin Coroner's Court, Inspector Tom Condon of Dun Laoghaire Garda Station said an investigation file has been completed and sent to the DPP's office.

The victims were Thomas Connors, 27, his wife Sylvia, 30, and their children Jim, five, Christy, three, and six-month-old Mary; Willie Lynch, 25, his partner 27-year-old Tara Gilbert, who was pregnant, and their daughters Jodie, aged nine, and Kelsey, four; and 39-year-old Jimmy Lynch, a brother of Willy.

There were no family members present in court as Coroner Dr Myra Cullinane granted an adjournment of the inquest for further mention on 22 March 2018.