Family escapes Tallaght petrol attack

Gardaí are investigating an apparent petrol-bomb attack on a house in Tallaght in the early hours of this morning.

Gardaí are investigating an apparent petrol-bomb attack on a house in Tallaght in the early hours of this morning.

A suspected petrol bomb was thrown at the the house on Deerpark Road in Tallaght at around 1am.

A woman and her four children, aged one to 14, were in the house at the time of the attack

There were no injuries in the incident but the woman and four children taken to Tallaght hospital as a precauton.

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