Woman and child killed in Offaly arson attack named

A murder investigation is continuing after a woman and child were killed in an arson attack in County Offaly on Saturday night.

60-year-old Mary Holt and four-year-old Tadhg Farrell died after a fire was started deliberately at a house in Edenderry, while another woman in her 50s was seriously injured.

Gardaí are describing the attack as ‘a reckless, callous, and murderous act’.

Local Independent Ireland Councillor Fergus McDonnell says anyone who knows anything should come forward:

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