A man arrested in connection with an explosion at a service station in Co Donegal in which 10 people died has been released without charge.

Four men, three women and three young people, their ages ranging from five to 59, died in the blast on the afternoon of Friday October 7 2022 in the Irish village of Creeslough.

Police said a man aged 60 was arrested on Thursday for alleged offences contrary to the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act 1997.

A member of An Garda Siochana lays flowers at the scene in October (Liam McBurney/PA)2022

The man was held at a Garda station in the north-western region before being released without charge on Friday.

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

The investigation is being co-ordinated from Milford Garda station, where an incident room has been established.

The inquiry is being led by local gardai, supported by a number of different agencies.

The 10 victims were Robert Garwe and his five-year-old daughter Shauna Flanagan-Garwe, Catherine O’Donnell and her 13-year-old son James Monaghan, fashion student Jessica Gallagher, Celtic fan Martin McGill, James O’Flaherty from Sydney, Australia, shop worker Martina Martin, carpenter Hugh “Hughie” Kelly and 14-year-old Leona Harper.