Gardaí investigating after giant teddy built for Kerry festival burnt to the ground

The burning to the ground of Ted - a giant teddy built each year with help from the local farming community in north Kerry to direct children to an enchanted fairy festival - is being investigated by gardaí.

Ted, made up of five large bales of straw and ten square bales of hay and almost three metres high, is the mascot for the annual Kilflynn Enchanted Fairy Festival.