Man charged with Waterford petrol bomb attack

A 23-year-old man has been charged in connection with an arson attack on a house in Waterford city, which has left two children with severe burns.

11-year-old Roisin Halligan and her one-year-old cousin, Lexi Halligan were injured when a petrol bomb was thrown through one of the window's of her grandmother's home in Ardmore Park, Ballybeg at around 9.20pm on Thursday night.