Image: Shutterstock Image: Shutterstock A CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED today is seeking to highlight the dangers of illegal fireworks, and the penalties people can face if they are caught with them in the run up to Halloween.
However he said there was an increase last year in ambulance responses connected to the use of fireworks. “Life-changing injuries” firefighters have seen include amputated fingers and injuries to the eyes, he told reporters at Tara Street station in Dublin today. Keeley said it is important that parents and guardians of young children know where they are and make sure they are supervised.
An Garda Síochána has put in place measures to prevent and detect the sale and organised importation of fireworks in the lead-up to Halloween. Operation Tombola is designed to address all aspects associated with the policing of the Halloween period, including the prevention and detection of illegal fireworks for sale and associated public disorder and anti-social behaviour.
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