A four year-old girl has died from injuries sustained in an arson attack in Limerick city at the weekend.
Catlin Ryan was with her parents, four siblings and two other children when their house on Lenihan Avenue in Ballinacurra Weston was petrol bombed shortly before 7 a.m. on Sunday.
Her one-year-old sister Leah and her mother are both in hospital in a critical but stable condition.
The other occupants were released from hospital in the past 24 hours after being treated for smoke inhalation
Catlin was transferred to Beaumont Hospital in Dublin on the day of the fire but died this evening.
Gardaí say the attack was not linked to the bitter ongoing feud on the north side of the city.
A man appeared in court today charged with the attack. Mr Patrick Slattery of 15 Garryglass Avenue, Ballinacurra Weston was remanded in custody until Thursday. The court heard he made no reply when charged by gardaí with arson.