Masked youths attacked a leisure centre and set it on fire as violence spread to other towns in Northern Ireland.

An overheated hair dryer caught fire and caused Sunbury Leisure Centre to be evacuated on Wednesday morning. A fire crew from Sunbury fire station was called to the centre in Nursery Road at 9.30am.

White Oak Leisure Centre celebrated its first birthday in February this year. Some reported seeing clumps of hair in the drains and rusty chrome and stained walls at the newly built £20 million ...

The Chief Executive of Wexford County Council has said that the local authority is poised to take action against the owner of a derelict leisure centre described as “an absolute death trap”.