{"id":186266,"date":"2025-12-11T07:26:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T07:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/186266\/"},"modified":"2025-12-11T07:26:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T07:26:07","slug":"gardai-release-cctv-footage-of-fatal-firebomb-attack-on-edenderry-house-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/186266\/","title":{"rendered":"Garda\u00ed release CCTV footage of fatal firebomb attack on Edenderry house \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"

Garda\u00ed have released CCTV images of the firebomb attack in Edenderry, Co Offaly<\/a>, which saw two family members killed and another seriously injured.<\/p>\n

Garda\u00ed<\/a> are continuing to investigate what they have described as the \u201creckless, callous and murderous attack on a family home\u201d. <\/p>\n

The family and friends of four-year-old Tadgh Farrell, who was killed in the incident last Saturday, have said his death has left them \u201cheartbroken\u201d and he will be \u201cforever missed\u201d. <\/p>\n

Tadgh was visiting his grandmother and his grandaunt Mary Holt at Castleview Park, Edenderry, when the attack on the home happened shortly before 7.45pm.<\/p>\n

The remains of Tadgh and Ms Holt were discovered in the front room of the house \u201cwhere the fire was deliberately started\u201d, garda\u00ed said.<\/p>\n

Tadgh\u2019s grandmother, Pauline Holt (50s), was also in the property in Edenderry when the attack occurred at about 7.45pm on Saturday. Garda\u00ed said she continues to receive treatment in hospital for \u201cserious burn injuries\u201d.<\/p>\n

A funeral service for the four-year-old will be held on Friday. A death notice posted on RIP.ie says: \u201cTadgh\u2019s sudden and tragic passing has left his family and friends heartbroken. <\/p>\n

\u201cSoftly held in the arms of angels he will be forever missed and remembered by his loving family: mother Shannon, Dad Aaron, grandmothers Karen and Pauline, grandad Richard, sisters Ella Brooke, Heidi Lee and Neveah, great-grandmother Marian, aunts, uncles, cousins, relatives and friends.\u201d <\/p>\n

The deaths of Ms Holt and Tadgh are being treated as murder, and a major investigation is now under way. Garda\u00ed said they are keeping an \u201copen mind\u201d as to the reasons and motives for the \u201cmurderous attack\u201d.<\/p>\n

Investigators have carried out more than 250 house to house enquiries, retrieved more than 60 pieces of CCTV and taken over 100 written documents for the case.<\/p>\n

Chief Supt Anthony Lonergan, of the Laois\/Offaly Garda Division, said the force is \u201cdetermined\u201d and \u201cwill identify those responsible for the deaths\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cI appeal directly to any person with any information on this violent fatal incident to speak with investigating garda\u00ed,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Garda\u00ed have released CCTV images of the firebomb attack in Edenderry, Co Offaly, which saw two family members…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":186267,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[45,61,60,43,8286],"class_list":{"0":"post-186266","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ireland","8":"tag-an-garda-siochana","9":"tag-ie","10":"tag-ireland","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-offaly"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=186266"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186266\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/186267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=186266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=186266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=186266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}