Waterford

A surviving member of the Waterford family were targeted in an arson attack has paid tribute to his sister after the death of their young brother over the weekend. Elliot died with his extended family by his side, four weeks after he was rescued from the blaze. John James English said his little sister is […]

1 day ago

Another man and woman are currently in custody. Investigating Gardaí have arrested a man in his fifties and two women in their thirties in connection with the arson attack and murder of four people at 7 Birch avenue, Birchwood, Waterford. Four members of the English family died in Waterford City shortly after 5am on Tuesday, […]

3 weeks ago

Jessica Dalton, 31 and Cian Stacey, 21, of no fixed abode, appeared before Waterford District Court. A man and a woman charged in connection with an arson attack in Waterford in which four family members died have been further remanded in custody. Kim and Philip English, and their sons, 12-year-old Callum and nine-year-old Jayden, died […]

3 weeks ago

The funeral mass of Kim and Phillip English, and their sons Callum and Jayden, has heard that an “act of total evil” has left a family and community “devastated and heartbroken”. Hundreds of mourners lined the streets and packed out the Sacred Heart Church in The Folly this afternoon to pay tribute to the murdered […]

3 weeks ago

Two people, a man and a woman, who were arrested yesterday (Thursday) after an arson attack in Waterford remain in custody this morning. They are considered low-level criminals. The man, aged in his twenties, was recently released from a prison sentence for burglary. Gardai are investigating whether the female suspect used her own car in […]

3 weeks ago

The victim’s son says he knows who killed his family members and is not scared of them. A man and a woman have been arrested in connection with the arson attack in Waterford city. A man in his 20s and a woman in her 30s were arrested on suspicion of facilitating a criminal organisation. They […]

3 weeks ago