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Teenager arrested over fatal 2016 Co Monaghan house fire

A 19-year-old man is to appear in court over a fatal house fire in Carrickmacross, Co Monaghan, in 2016
A 19-year-old man is to appear in court over a fatal house fire in Carrickmacross, Co Monaghan, in 2016 A 19-year-old man is to appear in court over a fatal house fire in Carrickmacross, Co Monaghan, in 2016

A 19-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a fatal house fire in Co Monaghan three years ago.

A man aged in his sixties died in the fire at St Macartans Villas in Carrickmacross in March 2016.

The man was detained in Dundalk, Co Louth, yesterday and taken to Carrickmacross Garda station.

He was due to appear before a special sitting of Monaghan District Court at 7.30pm today.