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PODCAST: Boat owner reveals relief over massive Carrick fire

Nov 5, 2025 13:26
By Eoghan Murphy
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PODCAST: Boat owner reveals relief over massive Carrick fire
Declan Phelan's boat escaped significant damage in the blaze

A forensic examination is under way to determine the cause of the boat fire last night.

A boat owner has spoken of his relief after his boat escaped significant damage in last night's massive fire in Carrick-on-Shannon.

A forensic examination is under way to determine the cause of the boat fire last night.

Two boats caught fire at the boardwalk jetty, which remains sealed off this afternoon.

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Eoghan Murphy is there and sent us this report, where he spoke to Kieran Brett, from Leitrim County Council, boat owner Declan Phelan, Carrick-on-Shannon Chamber president Finola Armstrong McGuire, and a man at the scene:

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