#family-casualties

#family-casualties

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."

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A North Carolina house fire reportedly killed the father of NASCAR driver Denny Hamlin and critically injured his mother. The Gaston County Office of Emergency Management and Fire Services said on Facebook that multiple fire departments were dispatched to a possible house fire with entrapment Sunday night. The victims were identified Monday as Dennis Hamlin and Mary Lou Hamlin, according to Charlotte station WSOC.