Gardaí question three in connection with petrol bomb attack

Three men are remain in Garda custody in connection with a petrol bomb attack in Longford town in which a young girl was seriously injured.

The house in Pauric Colum Heights was attacked on Thursday night.

The 11-year-old girl is being treated in Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children in Crumlin.

A family of five were in the house when the attack occurred.

The three men, all in their 20's, were arrested in Longford Town yesterday.