Overview
- Gardaí searched three houses in Kildare and Offaly, led by the Laois/Offaly Serious Crime Unit with support from STOC, GNBCI, the ERU and Armed Support Units.
- CCTV released by Gardaí shows two hooded suspects approach the home, throw a device through a downstairs window and flee as the house ignites.
- A nationwide alert seeks a getaway vehicle, with all units asked to report any burnt-out cars to the investigation team in Tullamore.
- Hundreds attended four-year-old Tadgh Farrell’s funeral at St Mary’s Church, with Mary Holt’s funeral scheduled for Sunday, and the child’s father was refused compassionate bail to attend.
- Grandmother Pauline Holt remains in hospital with serious burns, and Gardaí say the victims were innocent and the house is understood to have been targeted previously.