Gardaí believe a petrol bombing of a family home in north Dublin was a botched attack intended for a man suspected of involvement in organized crime. The wrong property was targeted, resulting in injuries to two women and three teenagers and extensive damage to the home.
Finglas Arson Attack
The incident occurred at approximately 12:45 a.m. on New Year’s Eve at a house on Creston Avenue in Finglas. A suspected petrol bomb was thrown into the property, quickly engulfing the three-story house in flames.
Five occupants – a woman in her 40s, a woman in her 20s, and three teenagers (two girls and one boy) – were injured. The injuries to the woman in her 40s and a male juvenile are considered serious, while the injuries to the other three individuals are not life-threatening. The injured were brought to James Connolly Memorial and Temple Street Children’s hospitals by ambulance.
Occupants injured themselves attempting to escape the blaze, suffering cuts from broken glass as they jumped from windows. Local people assisted in the rescue before emergency services arrived. Firefighters rescued one woman who was trapped inside the house.
Third Such Attack in Recent Months
This attack is the third arson incident causing serious injury or loss of life linked to organized crime intimidation in less than two months. Gardaí believe gangs are increasingly using young boys to carry out these attacks, sometimes resulting in unintended targets or excessive damage.
Just weeks prior, on December 6th, a firebombing in Edenderry, Co Offaly, claimed the lives of Tadgh Farrell (4) and Mary Hoult (60). Their home was targeted in an apparent attempt to intimidate a man previously linked to the property.
On November 25th, a woman in Clondalkin, Dublin, was set on fire after being sprayed with an accelerant. Gardaí believe she was not the intended target but was attacked as part of efforts to intimidate a man with links to the drugs trade.
Despite no fatal gangland shootings in 2025, Gardaí are becoming increasingly concerned about drug-related intimidation. Det Chief Supt Seamus Boland, head of the Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau, stated that combating this violence is now a key priority for the Garda.
Gardaí are appealing for CCTV footage from local homes and businesses and asking anyone with information to come forward. Dublin Fire Brigade deployed six ambulances, a water tanker, a turntable ladder, and a logistics van to the scene.
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