A COUPLE who allegedly burned down a family home in Castledermot last week (12 June) with a petrol-soaked teddy bear, and then stole a car after crashing their getaway vehicle, were both remanded in custody until 3 July.

Deegan had launched a campaign locally to adapt the house and bring her home and had set up a Go-fundme page in April of this year.

The body of the man has been removed from the house, and taken to University Hospital Galway for post-mortem exam.

Margaret Adams moved to Ireland from the UK two decades ago.

Gardaí and the emergency services were alerted to the fire at 6:20am on Tuesday.

The woman has been named locally as Rita Brick (75), who was a native of Mount Pleasant Avenue in Wolfe Street in Limerick city.

It broke out in the Mountain Park estate in Tallaght on Wednesday evening.

Edward Campion (38) pleaded guilty at Limerick Circuit Criminal Court

The 21-year-old will appear in court on Thursday.

Several police officers were treated for smoke inhalation following the incident in Dungannon on Monday night.

The flat has been preserved for a technical examination. This will establish the cause of the fire.

The scene has been preserved as gardaí investigate the cause of the fire.

Stephen Lee (80s) and his son John (50s), died when the blaze erupted in the former’s home in Littleton, near Thurles

Gardaí said the scene is currently being preserved for technical examination and investigations are ongoing.

Deputy Coroner for Cork city, Dr Mary , issued a general warning about fire safety at the inquest in to the deaths of John and Gabrielle O’Donnell.

The defendant, who has been described as a 'vulnerable person", had originally been charged with murder, but the State accepted a plea to manslaughter

The fire broke out on College Road at around 1am this morning

A man, believed to have been an academic, was killed in the blaze on Thursday night

John and Gabrielle O’Donnell died after a fire broke out at their home in Cork City on April 4th

The house was extensively damaged in the fire and has been sealed off for forensic examination

Gardaí and other emergency services attended the scene of a fire at a house on Tuesday morning at Deerpark on the outskirts of the town.

Her body has been removed to Mayo University Hospital where a post mortem will take place.

The child has been transferred to the care of the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service.

The blaze left the couple temporarily homeless, but they are now back in their newly-rebuilt home which has been upgraded with a remote fire alarm.

The blaze broke out at a house in Coleraine Road in Ballymoney in the early hours of Saturday.