Limerick playground partially destroyed because of a 'prank that went wrong'

Paddy Flannery, Manager, Moyross Community Enterprise Centre, which also operates the play park, said he did not believe the park was specifically targeted.

Hundreds of children have been left "devastated" after their playground was partly destroyed by fire in a "prank that went wrong", writes David Raleigh.

CCTV footage has been given to gardaí, apparently showing youths burning material which inadvertently led to the fire at a multipurpose play area at the Moyross Millennium Park, Sunday night.