A 14-year-old boy who was caught holding over €25,000 worth of cocaine has been remanded on bail pending sentence by Judge Katherine Delahunt at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A teenager with "promising prospects" for international football who was caught with 19 shotgun cartridges has received a one year suspended sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A city centre man who stole a Dublin Fire Brigade ambulance from outside a patient’s home after taking a "cocktail of alcohol and drugs" has been sentenced to 18 months in prison by Judge Martin Nolan.

MORE than 20 adults have been issued with new behaviour warnings in a bid to combat anti-social activities.

A "very dangerous" teenager has been given a 13-year prison sentence by Judge Michael White for a litany of violent crimes including robbery, hijacking, assault and threatening to kill gardaí.

THE country’s largest youth organisation yesterday called for the independent monitoring of new anti-social behaviour orders (Asbos).

Three inmates who participated in a 12-hour riot at St Patrick’s Institution in the grounds of Mountjoy Prison have been given two-year suspended sentences by Judge Frank O’Donnell at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A teenager who beat a schoolboy with a metal bar described as an "appalling instrument" has been sentenced to six months detention for possession of the weapon.