The burning to the ground of Ted a giant teddy built each year with help from the local farming community in north Kerry to direct children to an enchanted fairy festival is being investigated by gardaí.

"I had no symptoms beforehand. I woke up and it was the weirdest feeling. I saw my left hand on my left leg and thought it was someone else touching me."

ELAINE Hyland left her home soon after 9am on December 12, 2006. She was accompanied by her two daughters, aged four and two. The older girl was being dropped to school.