Mother charged with murder of two children in Westmeath car blaze

Detectives based at Mullingar Garda station commenced an investigation and arrested Lynn Egar on Wednesday.

A mother has been charged with the murder of her children, Mikey and Thelma Dennany, in a car blaze in Co. Westmeath.

Thelma, aged five, and her two-year-old brother Mikey were fatally injured when their vehicle went on fire at around 4 pm on September 9.