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Woman and Child Die in Offaly House Fire
Investigators link the arson killing two innocent family members to a suspected drugs-related revenge attack, with the house previously targeted multiple times, Gardaí said.
- On Saturday, a house fire in Castleview Park, Edenderry, killed care worker Mary Holt and four-year-old Tadhg Farrell, both pronounced dead at the scene.
- Investigators say one line of inquiry points to a revenge motive linked to the drugs trade targeting innocent relatives of a convicted drug dealer, while sources describe previous assaults on the Castleview Park estate.
- Forensic teams from the Garda Technical Bureau are examining the scene as a Senior Investigating Officer leads the inquiry from Tullamore Garda Station. Post-mortems are scheduled with Assistant State Pathologist Margot Bolster.
- Local councillors Fergus McDonnell and Claire Murray expressed shock, while Deputy Nolan called it 'heartbreaking and devastating news,' as a woman in her 50s remains hospitalized after the house fire.
- Gardaí are urgently appealing for witnesses and dashcam footage from Castleview Park between 7pm and 8pm on Saturday, as the case raises wider public-safety concerns in the Midlands.
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Woman and child who died in Offaly house fire named locally as Garda murder probe launched
One line of inquiry is that those responsible are involved in the drugs trade and targeted the innocent victims, who had no connection to criminal activity, because of their family ties
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Irish police (Garda) reported on Sunday that they have launched a criminal investigation to determine the causes of a fire that killed a woman and a child, aged 60 and four, at a home in County Offaly (central Ireland).
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