The murder of Tadgh Farrell (4) in last month's Offaly firebombing has hit his father "like a train coming down the tracks", his barrister has said.
Gardaí probe if firebombing was revenge attack in response to jail assault at the weekend A major garda search operation took place in Midlands Prison this morning Conversations recorded on prison phones are now being sought by investigators, as individual cells are also searched Detectives are investigating whether a firebomb attack that killed a four-year-old boy and his great-aunt (60) was ordered from behind bars.
Detectives believe the innocent child, Tadhg Farrell, and his grandaunt Mary Holt were murdered in the attack carried out by a local drugs gang as part of an intimidation campaign
Police are on the hunt for six people responsible for the firebombing of a West Village smoke shop on Wednesday morning. According to police sources, a group of about six men was spotted outside of 131 Christopher St. around 3:11 a.m. on Dec. 3. Cops say they smashed the business's window and tossed an unknown incendiary device into the building. Afterward, the group fled the scene westbound along Christopher Street.