Hundreds of people lined the street as the hearse carrying the coffin approached the church.

A four-year-old boy killed in a fire attack on a home in Co Offaly has been remembered as having a “smile that could light any room”.

Four-year-old Tadgh Farrell was visiting his grandmother and grand-aunt Mary Holt in the Castleview Park area of Edenderry, Co Offaly when the home was attacked shortly before 7.45pm on Saturday, December 6.

Tadgh and Ms Holt, 60, were discovered dead in the front room of the house where the fire had been deliberately started, gardai said.

Tadgh’s grandmother was also taken to hospital for treatment of serious burn injuries.

On Wednesday, gardai released CCTV footage of the attack that appears to show two hooded individuals smash a window before lighting an obje

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