Kerry man pleads guilty to killing a father and five-year old daughter

A father and his five-year-old daughter, Anthony and Nadine O'Brien, died during a house fire in Tralee in 2012

Anthony O'Brien holding his daughter Nadine. File Picture

A man has pleaded guilty to killing a father and his five-year-old daughter who died during a house fire more than 12 years ago.

Philip Griffin, aged 37, of no fixed abode but originally from Tralee in Co Kerry, appeared before the Central Criminal Court on Monday where he was arraigned on two charges that he murdered Anthony, 30, and Nadine O'Brien at Killeen Heights in Tralee on May 12, 2012.