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Dublin Mother Critically Injured in Doorstep Arson as Family Decries Lack of Arrests

Gardaí probe an attack local reports link to a drugs gang, with no arrests publicly reported.

Overview

  • Alexis Lee Campion, 44, was doused with an accelerant and set alight after answering the door at her home in Oak Downs, Clondalkin.
  • She remains in Tallaght University Hospital in a medically induced coma with near third-degree burns over about 35% of her body.
  • Relatives say doctors have warned she might not survive and could lose her sight or mobility if she does.
  • Her partner, Francis Maguire, is believed to have been the intended target and suffered burns while trying to extinguish the flames.
  • Family members and a local Sinn Féin councillor have urged that the case be treated as attempted murder, noting men with knives visited the address the day before and no formal complaint was filed.