Mother jailed for life for murder of her two children in Westmeath car fire

At the end of the hearing, Mr Justice Paul McDermott imposed a life sentence for each of the two murders

Thelma Dennany (right) and her little brother Mikey Dennany (left) died after their mother Lynn Eagar set fire to the car in which they were sitting. File photo: Gardaí/PA

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A mother-of-four with no previous convictions was jailed for life on Thursday after she pleaded guilty to murdering two of her children by setting fire to the car they were travelling in.