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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
By Grinne N. Aodha

THE TRUTH ABOUT: Fire at house in co offaly was designed to kill inhabitants says minister - The Untold Story

The scene of a house fire in Edenderry, Co Offaly, where a woman and a young boy have died (Aisling Hyland/PA) - (PA Wire)

A fire at a house in Co Offaly in which two people died was “designed to kill inhabitants”, the Irish justice minister has said.

A murder investigation has been launched after the deaths of a woman and a child at a house on Castleview Park in Edenderry at around 7.45pm on Saturday.

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