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File garda photo of 12-year-old Stephen Hughes Connors Garda Press Office

Gardaí release man arrested over death of 12-year-old in fire

Stephen Hughes Connors died in the house fire in September 2001.

GARDAÍ HAVE RELEASED without charge a man who had been arrested in connection with a fatal fire in Tallaght more than 10 years ago.

12-year-old Stephen Hughes Connors was killed at the fire on Rossfield Avenue, Brookfield in Dublin on 1 September 2001.

An investigation had been ongoing since the 10th anniversary of the the fire and gardaí had yesterday arrested a 52-year-old man in the Dublin 7 area in connection with the case after new evidence was brought forward.

The man was released from Tallaght Garda Station in the early hours of this morning.

A file is being prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions.

Man arrested over 2001 Tallaght fire which killed Stephen Hughes Connors >

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