House fire upgraded to murder investigation 30 years later

Thirty years to the day since she lost her two children and her sister in a fire, Elizabeth Byrne is faced with new evidence showing they were murdered.

Her daughters, Mary Ellen, 8, and Kerrie Ann, 3, along with their aunt, Barbara Doyle, 20, died in the Byrne family home in Kilcock, Co Kildare, on September 20, 1987.

While her sister babysat, Ms Byrne and husband Aidan, who has since died, were at a 21st birthday party in the locality.