"Tadgh Farrell (4) and his grandaunt Mary Holt (60) died after a petrol bomb was thrown through the living room window of the family home in Castleview Park, Edenderry, Co. Offaly, on December 6. The child's grandmother Pauline, who was babysitting Tadhg alongside her sister, suffered serious burn injuries in the blaze and remains hospitalised. It has been confirmed by gardaí that a man was arrested on Wednesday amid the ongoing investigation into the attack. A Garda spokesperson added: "He is currently detained on suspicion of murder under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984, at a Garda station in the midlands.""
""Investigations are ongoing." It is understood that the garda probe has been investigating a potential link between the incident and an attack on a gang associate in the Midlands Prison hours earlier. Last month, a total of five prisoners, including Tadhg's father, Aaron Holt (27), were arrested by gardaí and quizzed about the circumstances surrounding the prison altercation."
Four-year-old Tadgh Farrell and his 60-year-old grandaunt Mary Holt died after a petrol bomb was thrown through the living-room window of their home in Castleview Park, Edenderry, Co. Offaly on December 6. The child's grandmother, Pauline, who was babysitting with her sister, suffered serious burn injuries and remains hospitalised. Gardaí confirmed that a man was arrested and is detained on suspicion of murder under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984, at a midlands station. Investigations are ongoing and probing a possible link to an attack on a gang associate in Midlands Prison hours earlier. Five prisoners, including the child’s father Aaron Holt (27), were previously arrested and questioned over the prison altercation.
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