AN ARSON attack may have caused the fire which destroyed the former Peerless Rugs factory in Athy, Co Kildare, yesterday morning, say gardaí.

20 schoolchildren have been taken to hospital in Co Kildare following a collision between a schoolbus and a car.

Three units of Kildare Fire Brigade are still battling a blaze at a large warehouse in Magee Barracks in Kildare town.