Only six weeks ago he set up a GoFundMe to modify the house so his partner could live with him in the house in Frenchpark rather than in a nursing home. READ MOREThe man who died in the explosion in Frenchpark, Roscommon has been named locally as Des DeeganThe detached house in Frenchpark has now been reduced to a pile of rubble. The explosion happened at 7.10pm when children would usually be out playing in the green in front of the house. Our whole house shook.”She said the horror of the explosion was compounded by the realisation that she had just seen Mr Deegan enter the house just minutes before. Her partner Bernard Finlay raced across the road after he heard the explosion and called out if there was anybody there.

Source: The Irish Times June 20, 2025 07:15 UTC