Five-year-old Thelma Dennany and her two-year-old brother Mikey died in the blaze at Lacken near Multyfarnham, County Westmeath, on September 9. Lynn Egar appeared before a special sitting of Mullingar District Court on Thursday afternoon. The judge jailed her in the Dóchas Centre, the women’s section of Mountjoy Prison in Dublin, Ireland’s national broadcaster RTÉ reports. The court heard that the accused, who is in her 40s, made no reply when charged. He is due to appear before Athlone District Court via video on Wednesday. The funeral of the two children took place last week.