Large plumes of smoke were seen coming from the top of the building, which is home to the James Connolly pub.

A woman in her 20s and a man in his 30s were later arrested in the Dublin 24 and Bray areas, and are being detained in a city centre Garda station.

A man in his 20s was seriously injured after a collision between an e-scooter and a taxi on Thursday morning.

Ann Delaney, originally from Carlow, was found in a sleeping bag close to a Tesco supermarket on Aungier Street.

Mamadou Alpha Bah (27) had met the 43-year-old woman a month earlier and they had been exchanging messages before arranging to meet that night

The planner’s report acknowledged that the existing shopping centre is a local landmark, but this was not due to the quality of its architecture