A wetlands area has been found destroyed in Sean Walsh Park in Dublin.

Local conservationists in Tallaght discovered the destruction on Friday, 20 September, while hundreds of students were out protesting for climate action.

Over the last few days thousands of creatures have been killed, during what has been described as "unexplained destruction".

Fianna Fáil has called on South Dublin Council to conduct an independent inquiry on the incident.

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The party's Dublin representative, John Lahart said: "Bizarrely, South Dublin County Council has been most supportive and encouraging, including with practical assistance, of local conservationists, led by Collie Ennis, a research associate at Trinity College and a Science Officer with the Herpetological Society of Ireland.

"The Chief Executive of the Council needs to immediately conduct an internal enquiry into how this has happened and provide the public with an immediate explanation of how this scandalous development came to take place. I will be raising this very concerning issue as a matter in the Dáil this week."

This incident comes in the same week the Council launched a new Local Area Plan for Tallaght.

(CM/MH)