A man, who is in his 40s has been arrested and charged in relation to a horror hit-and-run that claimed the lives of a husband and wife on St Stephen's Day
Gardaí investigating had to suspend their questioning of the suspect on 'medical' and other grounds, the Irish Mail on Sunday has learned.
However, this has since changed and the man in question will appear before the Criminal Courts of Justice District Court on Monday.
It comes as family members paid further moving tributes to Anthony Hogg, 40, and Georgina Hogg-Moore, 39, who died from their injuries after they were struck by a car as they crossed a road near the Blanchardstown Shopping Centre in Dublin on Thursday evening while making their way to dinner with their teenage daughter.
A suspect was arrested after handing himself into Blanchardstown Garda Station at around 10.30 pm the same night.
He was being held under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, which allows gardaí to detain a suspect for a maximum of 24 hours. However, the suspect remained in custody for 48 hours following his arrest.
It emerged that detectives had to pause questioning the suspect, aged in his mid-40s, several times since his arrest on Thursday night.
Sources familiar with the investigation said interviews with the suspect, who was previously jailed after being caught with a large amount of cocaine, had to be stopped to allow him to receive medical treatment and to rest overnight. One source told the MoS 'the clock was stopped for various different reasons'.
Ms Hogg Moore was pronounced dead at the scene after she was struck by an Audi A7 car at around 5.45 pm on Thursday. Her husband was rushed to hospital but later died from his injuries.
The driver failed to remain at the scene, but gardaí were quickly able to identify the driver after the car's registration plate fell off during the collision. His vehicle was later found abandoned, and the suspect later handed himself in to gardaí.
The MoS has learned the suspect is from the same locality as his two victims, whose two young children are being cared for by relatives.
In a moving tribute posted on social media yesterday, Ms Hogg- Moore's niece paid a moving tribute to her aunt and promised to look after her grieving children.
Kirstie Moore wrote: 'Honestly have no words to describe how myself and my family are feeling right now, this is a cruel cruel world!! My auntie and uncle taken far too soon. To my auntie "G" and my uncle Anto yous [sic] were far too good for this world.' Ms Moore described the couple as her 'second parents'.
She added: 'I promise to look after my two little cousins who have just lost their mammy and daddy. The pair of yous [sic] had the most genuine hearts and souls it will always be remembered, my second "parents" as I would call yous [sic].
'I will love and cherish all of my memories with you.' Neighbours of the much-loved couple started a GOFUNDME page yesterday to help support the couple's children.
'This GOFUNDME has been created to help provide for the future of the couple's children, Ryan and Beck, ensuring they have the care, resources, and opportunities their parents would have wanted for them.'
Meanwhile, the carnage on our roads continued after gardaí yesterday confirmed a man in his 60s was killed after being struck by a car in the Flowerhill area of Navan, Co. Meath on Friday night.
Earlier in the day, Marian Morgan, who was in her 70s, died after she was hit by a vehicle while walking near her home in Tinryland in Co. Carlow.
It brings to 177 the total number of people who have been killed on our roads this year - just three short of the number of fatalities recorded at the same date in 2023.
Meanwhile, in the North, two men were killed and a woman was seriously injured in a two-vehicle collision on the Killylea Road in Co. Armagh shortly before 1 pm on Friday.
