A 16-year-old Dublin girl has been found guilty of a mugging after the victim identified her in a Facebook trawl of local youngsters, writes Tom Tuite.

A 20-year-old man has been formally charged by gardai in connection with the mugging of three boys and a young man in Limerick last Monday morning.

Latest: Gardaí are questioning a man about the mugging of three schoolchildren in Limerick city this Monday morning, which may be connected to a mugging of a teenage girl on Sunday night.

Gardaí are due to introduce a targeted operation to deal with shop lifting and muggings in Dublin.

A disabled pensioner who inspired global sympathy after he was mugged is selling his house that was funded by well-wishers and will move to the Shetland Islands after getting a “calling from God”.

More than 700 tourists were robbed by muggers and pick-pockets last year, with the majority falling victim in Dublin city centre.

Presenter Myleene Klass has wished a slow death on the person who mugged her mother and sister.