Irish police investigate fire at disused pub set to house homeless families

Blaze in Dublin comes less than fortnight after suspected arson attack on vacant Galway hotel earmarked for asylum seekers

Irish police have been investigating a second fire in less than a fortnight at a building local residents reportedly believed would be used to accommodate asylum seekers.

The emergency services were called to the scene at Ringsend area of Dublin in the early hours of New Year's Eve.