Criminal investigation underway after death of two children in Westmeath car fire

A memorial at St Cremin's National School, for Thelma Edgar and her brother Michael. Picture: Colin Keegan, Collins Dublin

The death of two young children in a car fire in Westmeath is now the subject of a criminal investigation. 

Garda Commissioner Drew Harris has said that the incident is being treated as suspicious, and Gardaí are regarding it as a criminal investigation.