Schoolgirl was shot in the face with a pellet gun

Gardaí are investigating an incident where a student was shot in the face with a pellet gun that was discharged outside a school in Co Clare.

A teenage boy has been interviewed in relation to the incident, which happened close to St Joseph’s Secondary School in Tulla on Friday afternoon.

Gardaí have said the incident could have been “far more serious as the pellet hit the girl close to her eye”. The injured student did not require hospital treatment but visited a GP.