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Tom Tuite

Mother charged with murdering her children in Westmeath car fire 'too unwell' to attend court today

A mother charged with the murder of her children, Thelma and Mikey Dennany, in a car fire in Co Westmeath last month was too unwell to face a court hearing today.

Thelma, aged five, and her two-year-old brother Mikey, were fatally injured when their vehicle went on fire at around 4pm on September 9 at Lackan, a townland on a rural road connecting the villages Multyfarnham and Coole.

Lynn Egar, 48, appeared before Judge Bernadette Owens at a late special sitting of Mullingar District Court on September 22. She was remanded in custody to the Dochas Centre, the women’s unit of Mountjoy Prison.

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The mother-of-four was due to face her latest hearing at the same court on Thursday morning.

However, she could not attend or appear via video link, and the Prison Service furnished the court with a sick note.

Judge Owens ordered that the note be shown to defence solicitor Damien Coffey who was instructed to consent to a four-week adjournment.

Lynn Egar brought to court in September (PA)

Judge Owens remanded her in continuing custody in her absence to appear again on November 24.

Concerning the Director of Public Prosecutions' directions, the court Garda Sergeant Kevin O'Brien said, "We will know more on the next date".

Mikey was rushed by ambulance to the Midlands Regional Hospital Mullingar but pronounced dead there. Emergency services found the remains of Thelma inside the car.

Their mother, Lynn Egar, also suffered injuries but was airlifted to a Dublin hospital.

A week and a half later, she was arrested and charged with the murders of Thelma and Michael Dennany at Lackan, Multyfarnh

am, on September 9, contrary to common law.

At her first hearing, she remained silent as Detective Sergeant David Donnelly told Judge Owens: "In reply to charge after caution, she made no reply."

The district court does not have the jurisdiction to consider bail in murder cases, which only the High Court can consider.

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