News card: Two charged over Waterford arson that killed four members of one family

News card from EXE Index. Headline: Two charged over Waterford arson that killed four members of one family. File photo from September 2014 (Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Geograph and Wikimedia Commons) of the white Clonmel Courthouse on Nelson Street with an Irish flag and parked cars; not from the hearing. Key facts for October 17, 2026: a man, 21, and a woman, 31, appeared at a special sitting of Clonmel District Court; a petrol bomb set the family's Birchwood home in Waterford alight at about 5 AM on October 13; Philip and Kim English and sons Callum, 12, and Jayden, 9, died and two other children are critical; each faces criminal damage and two counts of assault causing serious harm; both were remanded in custody to October 20, and the Garda murder investigation continues. Sources: Irish Independent, The Irish Times, WaterfordLive, The Independent. Record dispatch:2026-10-17-ie-waterford-charges. — File photo, Sep 2014, of Clonmel Courthouse, Nelson Street; not from the Oct 17 hearing. Photo: Humphrey Bolton via Geograph / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped by EXE Index) · CC BY-SA 2.0 (photo); card by EXE Index

Oct 17: A man, 21, and a woman, 31, were charged over the Oct 13 petrol bomb arson in Waterford, Ireland, that killed Philip and Kim English and sons Callum, 12, and Jayden, 9. Each faces criminal damage and two serious-harm assault counts; both remanded.

What: News card: Two charged over Waterford arson that killed four members of one family
Where: Europe
When: 2026-10-17
Source: Irish Independent
Credit: File photo, Sep 2014, of Clonmel Courthouse, Nelson Street; not from the Oct 17 hearing. Photo: Humphrey Bolton via Geograph / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped by EXE Index)
License: CC BY-SA 2.0 (photo); card by EXE Index
Details: Europe, Ireland

crime Ireland Europe

Sources and credit

Irish Independent
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