Aaron Holt denied compassionate bail to attend son's funeral after firebomb attack

Judge Connolly noted Aaron Holt was on remand awaiting sentence at Tullamore Circuit Court in January over a seizure of €32,910 worth of heroin near his home

Tadgh Farrell. Picture: Gardaí

The father of four-year-old Tadgh Farrell, who was killed with his grandaunt in the firebombing of a house in Edenderry, has been denied compassionate bail to attend his son’s funeral.

Aaron Holt, 27, who is awaiting sentence for serious drug offences, made an urgent application before Judge Kenneth Connolly at Mullingar Circuit Criminal Court on Thursday afternoon.