Multy GAA cancel underage games following tragedy

Multyfarnham GAA have cancelled all of their underage training and games this weekend as a mark of respect to the two local children who lost their lives in a car fire yesterday.

In a Facebook post last night, the GAA club offered their “deepest condolences to the family and friends of those who lost their lives” in yesterday's tragedy.

Gardaí at Mullingar are investigating all of the circumstances surrounding the deaths of the children following a fatal car fire on a rural road outside Multyfarnham yesterday afternoon (Friday, September 9).

Shortly before 4pm, the alarm was raised after a car with three occupants was discovered on fire on the road at Lackan. Gardaí and emergency services were alerted to attend at that scene.

An infant boy was removed from the scene by ambulance to Midland Regional Hospital, Mullingar, where he was pronounced dead.

The remains of a juvenile female were discovered inside the car at the scene.

An adult female was treated at the scene for burn injuries. She was taken by air ambulance to a Dublin hospital. Her injures are understood to be serious but not thought to be life threatening.

The scene was examined last night by the Garda Technical Bureau and remains preserved overnight. The car was removed from the scene and is being further forensically examined today.

The scene was also examined by the State Pathologist, Dr Sally Ann Collis, who is carrying out post mortems on both deceased in the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore today. The coroner has been notified.

The results of the post mortems and the forensic examinations will determine the course of the investigation.