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A SECOND-YEAR female student at St Flan- nan’s College in Ennis was hospitalised with severe facial burns after being hit by a lighted firework at the weekend.

Groups of students were waiting to be col- lected after school on Friday when a firework was lobbed into a crowd, close to the gates of the school.

The object hit a young girl on the collar of her jacket and it caught fire, resulting in her being burned in the face.

She was hospitalised and treated for her burns, before being discharged.

A 15-year-old youth was interviewed by gardai and a number of others are due to be questioned this week. However, gardai are stressing that there was no malicious intent.

“We are very happy that it was no-one’s in- tention to cause injury to anyone but this shows the dangers of fireworks. They are going off all over the town at the moment,” said Ennis Supt John Kerin, who is leading the investigation into the incident outside the school.

He is encouraging parents to take action, to ensure others are not harmed by illegal fire- works and said children do not appreciate the dangers of such objects.

“They are highly dangerous. I greatly fear that, unless parents and other people take action, others will get hurt. Parents may not realise fireworks are illegal. We are advising parents to come into the garda station with fireworks or if they know where they are being stored to come and tell us. . . it will prevent further injury or loss of life,” he added.

He confirmed that gardai have made up to

40 minor seizures of fireworks during the past week alone, in Ennis. One concerned parent who contacted

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