Teenager burned down house with stray firework, causing €135k worth of damage

Owners were uninjured in the blaze but were 'made homeless for eight months' and suffered 'a huge amount of stress', court heard

Boy, 14, admitted setting off the firework, which started the blaze through a window. However, he denied intentionally aiming it at the house on Wellington St in Dublin. File picture

A 14-year-old boy facing sentence for a stray firework arson that gutted a Dublin home has been remanded in custody.

The schoolboy caused about €135,000 worth of damage, the Dublin Children's Court heard.