Third man arrested in connection with Ballyfermot house fire
The male, a juvenile in his teens, is currently detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984 at a garda station in Dublin.
This is in addition to the arrests and charges of two men who were involved in the incident yesterday.
One man, aged in his 20s, appeared before the Criminal Courts of Justice this morning, Friday, July 4, at 10.30am.
The second man, a teenager, appeared before the Children's Court at the same time. The verdict is yet to be publicised.
The family who lived in the house on Landon Road said it was like "waking up in hell" after the house was firebombed in the early hours of that morning.
The Curran family — Pat, Breda and son Luke — were sleeping when a petrol bomb was launched through the front window of their house, setting the living room ablaze and killing the family dog.
Gardaí at the time believed it was a case of mistaken identity.
Investigations are ongoing.
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