Two pupils help gardaí with inquiries after smoke bomb set off in school

Two pupils are helping gardaí with their inquiries after 60 students and teachers had to be treated for breathing difficulties when a smoke bomb was set off in a Co Cork school.

The device was set off in a packed school canteen at lunchtime and choking children and teachers were assessed by medical experts in a nearby gymnasium.

A Garda spokesman confirmed last night that two pupils were helping with their inquiries and that gardaí had also established where the device had originated.