A woman continues to receive treatment at a Dublin hospital following a tragic car fire that claimed the lives of two children on Friday.
The horrific incident occurred at around 4:00pm near Multyfarnham, Co. Westmeath. The mother of the two children, named locally as Lynn Egar, was airlifted to the hospital from the scene and is receiving treatment for non-life-threatening injuries.
The children have also been named as Thelma, aged five, and Michael, who was soon turning three. It is understood that at this point, investigators are treating the fatal fire as suspicious, but no further information is available at this point.