Paul Reynolds

So, you know, and that's not lost on, I suppose, the community in the area, you know, that trauma on top of trauma and the impact that has on a community, friends and family in the area too.

Yes, and our colleague Paul Reynolds was speaking to Rachel English on the news at one earlier and talking about the impact that trauma had on James McGinn in particular, that he had fallen into addiction, that he had served a year and a half in prison for drugs-related offences, offences which the judge said at the time he may have never gotten involved in but for this tragedy in his life.

This is just such a tragic story on so many levels.

Yeah, absolutely.

Two men and a teenager have been arrested following a guard up pursuit of a stolen car on the M50 in Dublin yesterday evening.

Let's get more details on this now with our crime correspondent, Paul Reynolds.

Paul, what happened here?

Well, we all know, Justin, about the series of deadly crashes where gang members in stolen cars have been driving at speed, filming themselves going onto the wrong side of the road, crashing into innocent and unexpected drivers coming on the right side of the road and being seriously injured and killed.

But it's another incident in this case, particularly in relation to the prevalence of knife crime in the city.

Okay, Paul, thank you very much for that.

That's our crime correspondent, Paul Reynolds.

It's 8.48.

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As you would have heard in the news at 1:00, Paul Reynolds reporting what the Garda Commissioner Justin Kelly has had to say about events in Waterford, expecting more arrests to be made.

Two people have already been arrested, are in, and are in custody.

Nobody yet charged in connection with the, um, firebombing and the deaths of Kim and Philip English and their sons, Callum, 12 years old, and Jayden, nine years old, and the other two kids as well, critically ill in hospital.

That's GP Mark Rowe ending that report from Waterford from our Southeast correspondent, Marc O'Driscoll.

Let's get the latest now on the Garda investigation into this attack, and we're joined by our crime correspondent, Paul Reynolds.

Paul, what's the latest now with this investigation?

Well, Justin, Gardaí have described the investigation as tense and very active, but it's quite clear they're also being careful to go through the proper processes, follow all lines of inquiry, not jump to conclusions or rush to detain people.

Uh, however, they remain in the Children's Hospital in Crumlin this morning, where they're fighting for their lives.

Paul, thank you.

That's our crime correspondent, Paul Reynolds, and apologies for, uh, the breakdown in that, uh, line there as well.

Kim and Philip English and their children, 12-year-old Colm and 9-year-old Jayden, were killed in a blaze at their home while two of their other children are still critically ill in hospital after an incendiary device set fire to the house.

John James English, the son of Philip, has told our colleague, the crime correspondent, Paul Reynolds, that his father was killed because of someone else's €20,000 drug debt.

A murder investigation has since been launched by Gardaí and our reporter Elizabeth Hurst has been in Waterford this afternoon as a vigil takes place.

Elizabeth, how are the community reacting to the news?