Lynn Eagar News Today

A mother-of-four with no previous convictions was jailed for life last Thursday, 30 November after she pleaded guilty to murdering two of her children by setting fire to the car they were travelling in.

Thelma Dennany (5) and her little brother Mikey Dennany (2) died after their mother Lynn Eager set fire to the car in which they were sitting

A 49-year-old woman has pleaded guilty to murdering her children in a car fire in County Westmeath last year.

A 49-year-old woman has pleaded guilty to the murder of her two children, aged two and five, amid emotional scenes at the Central Criminal Court today.

The father of Thelma and Michael ‘Mikie’ Dennany has paid tribute to them in an emotional victim impact statement. 

A mother of four with no previous convictions has been jailed for life today after she pleaded guilty to murdering two of her children by setting fire to the car they were travelling in.

A Co Westmeath woman who murdered her two children by setting a car they were in on fire has been sentenced to life in prison.

Lynn Eagar, who pleaded guilty to the murders of her children Thelma and Mikey Dennany, said in court that she is "full of regret."

The father of the two children murdered by their mother who set fire to the car they were in has said he has been left “an empty shell”.

Other cases listed include Yousef Palani sentencing; Aaron Brady appeal; Michael Lynn trial; planning appeals; and more