“That phone call or that knock on your door, believe me, it’s the worst thing you can ever imagine,” said Leo Lieghio whose 16-year-old daughter was killed in a hit-and-run in 2005.

A Dublin man who threw a petrol bomb into a house in Darndale two years ago killing a sleeping child inside, has been sentenced to 10 years, with the final three years suspended.

A man petrol bombed a house sparking a fire which killed a 23-month-old boy, a court heard today.