Edenderry community to go on 'walk of light against drugs' after attack kills two in house fire

The attack has been linked to an organised crime gang believed to be involved in the drugs trade in the Midlands

Four-year-old Tadgh Farrell, and Mary Holt, 60, died in the house fire in Edenderry Co Offaly on Saturday. Picture: Garda Info

The community of Edenderry is to publicly protest the scourge of drugs in its midst, as gardaí probe whether little Tadgh Farrell and his grandaunt Mary Holt were killed in a reprisal attack over a recent prison row.

The probe into the deaths of the four-year-old boy and 60-year-old Ms Holt in an arson attack at a house in Castleview Park in the Offaly community continued last night, as Taoiseach Micheál Martin vowed those responsible would be held to account.