Carrickmines fire

On Saturday, 10 October 2015, a blaze swept through a halting site at Carrickmines in Dublin, Ireland. It proved fatal. This was the country's deadliest such disaster since the Stardust fire. The fire led to debate about the squalid conditions in which many citizens of Ireland live. The day after the fire, another tragedy occurred in Ireland, when a Garda was shot dead in Louth.

Carrickmines fire

On Saturday, 10 October 2015, a blaze swept through a halting site at Carrickmines in Dublin, Ireland. It proved fatal. This was the country's deadliest such disaster since the Stardust fire. The fire led to debate about the squalid conditions in which many citizens of Ireland live. The day after the fire, another tragedy occurred in Ireland, when a Garda was shot dead in Louth.