Arrest over Dublin man's death in Spain - report

A man has been arrested in Lanzarote in the Canary Islands over the death of a Dublin man (18) earlier this month, it has been…

A man has been arrested in Lanzarote in the Canary Islands over the death of a Dublin man (18) earlier this month, it has been reported.

Derek Cumiskey
Derek Cumiskey

Derek Cumiskey died after he was allegedly attacked on the street as he returned from a night out with friends in the holiday resort of Puerto del Carmen on August 1st.

Mr Cumiskey, from Townsend Street in Dublin, was a student with special needs who had just completed his Junior Certificate at St Augustine's School in Blackrock, Co Dublin.

The Department of Foreign Affairs could not immediately confirm the arrest but said the embassy in Madrid was checking the reports.