Three men and a teenage boy have been arrested in connection with a house fire in Co Offaly that killed a young boy and his great-aunt in December.
Tadhg Farrell (4) and Mary Holt (60) died in a suspected petrol bomb attack of a house at Castleview Park, Edenderry, on the evening of December 6th.
Their remains were discovered in the front room of the house “where the fire was deliberately started”, gardaí said at the time.
In an update on Tuesday evening, the Garda said three men, two aged in their 20s and one in his 30s, have been arrested as part of the investigation.
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In a further update late on Tuesday night, gardaí said in a statement that “a fourth male, a juvenile aged in his teens” was arrested as part of the investigation.
The four are currently detained at Garda stations in the midlands under section 50 of the Criminal Justice Act, 2007.
“Investigations are ongoing,” a Garda spokesperson said.
