Grenade found on sports field

GARDAÍ said last night it was a miracle that children didn’t start playing with a live grenade which was found on a sports field.

It is believed that heavy rain washed the World War II grenade out of an earth embankment onto a sports field at Churchfield, Cork.

Superintendent Con Cadogan said it was very fortunate that a retired member of the Defence Forces, rather than a youngster, had spotted the grenade at the Sam Allen Sports Complex.