Mother killed in suspected arson attack on home buried in Cork

Irish Times Tuesday 3rd May, 2011

OLIVIA KELLEHERA YOUNG mother of one who lost her life following a suspected arson attack on her home was buried in Cork city over the weekend.Helena O’Dwyer (25) and her nephew Ryan O’Dwyer Hayes (5) were sleeping in an upstairs room of a house in Nutley Avenue, Mahon, Cork, when the blaze broke out shortly after 3am on Easter Sunday. Six other members of the O’Dwyer family managed to escape from the building. A man in his 20s was subsequently arrested in connection with the incident, and was released without charge. A file on the case will be sent to the DPP.On Saturday at the Church of the Holy Cross in Mahon, Ms O’Dwyer’s daughter Courtney (5) brought an Easter drawing, a children’s video cassette A Simple Wish, and a montage of family photographs to...

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