Probe as children exposed to chemicals at pool

The Health and Safety Authority has launched an investigation after 25 children were exposed to potentially dangerous chemicals at a university swimming pool.

The incident, which occurred at the National University of Ireland in Maynooth, Co Kildare, emerged at about 10.30am yesterday morning when pupils from a local school, aged between eight and nine, were using the pool as part of a six-week swimming course.

While all of the children are expected to make a full recovery, six were last night being treated at Our Lady’s Hospital for Sick Children in Crumlin, at Tallaght Hospital and at Temple Street as a “precautionary” measure.