Multyfarnham Car Fire

JP Liz V1

A criminal investigation is underway into the circumstances surrounding the deaths of two young children

RIP little angels

Mundo7976

Horrific, like those kids in tallaght, suffering in their last moments in such a way. Fiercely upsetting.

elperello

RIP

Condolences to family and friends.

JP Liz V1

Independent

In a statement today gardaí said: “Gardaí investigating the circumstances surrounding the deaths of two-year-old  infant and five-year-old girl in a fatal car fire at Lacken, Multyfarnham, County Westmeath on Friday, 9th September, 2022, have arrested a female in her 40s.

"She is currently detained under the provisions of Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984 at a Garda station in the midlands.

"An Garda Síochána will be making no further comment at this time.”

JP Liz V1

Independent

A mother has been charged with the murder of her children, Mikey and Thelma Dennany, in a car blaze in Co Westmeath.

Thelma, aged five, and her two-year-old brother Mikey were fatally injured when their vehicle went on fire at around 4 pm on September 9.

Their mother, Lynn Egar, (48), appeared before Judge Bernadette Owens at a late special sitting of Mullingar District Court this evening.

She did not address the proceedings and, following a five-minute hearing, was remanded in custody to appear again at Athlone District Court via video link on September 28.

A passer-by came across their car engulfed in flames at Lackan, a townland on a rural road linking the villages Multyfarnham and Coole.

The mother-of-four and toddler Mikey were pulled out, and later emergency services found the remains of Thelma inside the car.

Beasty

This is before the courts - thread closed