'A callous & murderous attack on a family home'

A WOMAN and a four-year-old boy have died in a house fire following a “callous and murderous attack on a family home”.

- BY NICOLA DONNELLY

YOUNG LIFE LOST Tadgh Farrell was just four years old

Gardai have launched a full murder inquiry into the deaths of Mary Holt, 60, and her young grandnephew Tadgh Farrell, who were innocent relatives of a convicted drug dealer.

The blaze broke out just before 7.45pm on Saturday at the house in Edenderry, Co Offaly, where the victims and other family members lived.

By the time fire crews arrived, flames had already consumed most of the two-storey property.

Both were pronounced dead at the scene.