Renewed appeal for witnesses after girl seriously injured by firework

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GardaĆ­ are renewing their appeal for witnesses to an incident that saw a teenage girl seriously injured after being struck by a firework on Halloween.

The 14 year old, girl received a serious injury to her eye after being struck by a firework on Halloween night.

The incident took place at approximately 7:50pm on Thursday, October 31

A Garda statement said, “There was a large number of people congregating in the Millars Lane area at the time.”

“GardaĆ­ are appealing to anyone who was in the vicinity of the playing pitches or Millars Lane itself to rear of the pitches between 7pm and 8pm and may have camera footage to make it available to them.”

“GardaĆ­ have also asked parents to engage with their children to see if they witnessed the incident or may have any information that could be of assistance to the investigation.”

An Garda SƭochƔna has said that any information received will be dealt with in the strictest confidence.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Salthill-BĆ³thar na TrĆ” Garda Station on 091 514720, the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111 or any Garda station.