Irish PM 'deeply concerned' by fire at property earmarked for migrants

Ireland's Taoiseach,?Leo?Varadkar speaks to media at a European Union leaders' summit, in Brussels, Belgium December 14, 2023. REUTERS/Johanna Geron

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar expressed his "deep concern" on Sunday about reports of suspected criminal damage at properties earmarked for accommodating migrants, including a fire at a former hotel in the county of Galway overnight.

Police said on Sunday that they are investigating a "criminal damage incident by fire" which occurred at the former hotel in the small western village of Rosscahill shortly before midnight on Saturday.