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Gardaí Conduct Dawn Searches in Offaly Firebomb Murder Investigation

Investigators are examining whether the attack was ordered from custody.

Overview

  • CCTV released by Gardaí shows two hooded individuals approaching the Edenderry home around 7:45pm and a suspected petrol bomb thrown through a downstairs window before the house ignited.
  • Specialist units, including the Laois/Offaly Serious Crime Unit, STOC with the ERU and ASU, and the GNBCI, carried out coordinated searches at three houses in Co Kildare and Co Offaly.
  • Detectives issued a nationwide alert for a suspected getaway vehicle and asked officers to report any burnt‑out cars to the investigation team in Tullamore.
  • As part of the prison‑linked line of inquiry, searches were conducted at the Midlands Prison and investigators are seeking recorded phone calls and other potential evidence.
  • Tadgh Farrell’s funeral took place Friday at St Mary’s Church in Edenderry, Mary Holt’s funeral was scheduled for Sunday, and Pauline Holt remains in hospital with serious burn injuries.