Gardai investigating a car fire that left two children dead strongly suspect that the blaze was started maliciously.
The children's mother was also seriously injured in the fire.
Lynn Egar and her two children, two-year-old Michael, and Thelma, who is 5, were in their car on a rural road near Multyfarnham in Co Westmeath last Friday afternoon when their car went up in flames.
Investigating Gardai believe the fire was started maliciously and arson is the main line of inquiry.
The emergency services were alerted at about 4pm on Friday when another road user came upon the burning car just outside Multyfarnham.
Ms Egar was airlifted from the scene and has been undergoing treatment at a Dublin hospital.
She is in a stable condition and is expected to survive.
