Children and an elderly man were in the sitting room of a house in Listowel town, Co Kerry, shortly after midnight last Saturday night/Sunday morning when two youths armed with various items including an axe smashed the sitting room windows and door into the room, the juvenile court was told today.

A teenager was today remanded in custody charged with the murder of a Polish man in Dublin last month.

A judge has said 17-year-old sniper suspect John Lee Malvo can be tried as an adult, making him eligible for the death penalty.

Three Californian girls aged under nine face attempted murder charges after allegedly trying to poison their classmate with gopher killer.