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Mikey and Thelma Dennany Garda Press Office
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Woman (40s) arrested in connection with deaths of two children in Westmeath car fire
Two-year-old Mikey Denanny and five-year-old Thelma Dennany died in the incident.
A WOMAN IN her 40s has been arrested in connection with the deaths of two children following a car fire in Co Westmeath on 9 September.
Two-year-old Mikey Denanny and five-year-old Thelma Dennany died in the incident.
Their mother, Lynn Egar, was taken to a Dublin Hospital where she was treated for serious, but non-life threatening injuries.
The car was discovered on a rural road at Lackan, Multyfarnham shortly after 4pm on Friday, 9 September in the Multyfarnham area, where gardaí and emergency services attended the scene.
Gardaí investigating the circumstances surrounding the deaths of the two children in the fire have now arrested a woman aged in her 40s.
She is currently detained under the provisions of Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984 at a Garda station in the midlands.
Gardaí said they would be making no further comments at this time.
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