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.