Many players couldn’t hear the whistle or receive instructions from their managers while playing.

The family-friendly event took place in Balbriggan, County Dublin.

Fumes from bonfires and fireworks can cause serious breathing difficulties for people with asthma.

A city-wide safety campaign has been launched in Dublin, with authorities cracking down on stockpiles of bonfire materials.

At least 32 people have been killed after a fireworks market was flattened by a deadly chain-reaction explosion on the outskirts of Mexico City.

A powerful chain-reaction explosion ripped through Mexico's best-known fireworks market killing at least 29 people and leaving dozens more badly burned.

52 people have been arrested as part of an organised crime crackdown in Kilkenny and Carlow today.

The New Year’s Eve fireworks display is being cancelled in Belgium’s capital due to threats of an extremist attack.

Refugees in a western German town have been banned from setting off fireworks to mark the new year, partly out of concern that loud blasts could traumatise people who have fled war zones.

Fire Officers are urging you to be safe this Halloween.

The number of people killed in a huge fireworks factory explosion in north-eastern Spain has risen to six after the body of a missing man was found.

An explosion at a fireworks factory in north-eastern Spain has killed at least two people, wounded six and left four others missing.

Across the Atlantic in the United States yesterday there were celebrations for the country’s Independence Day.