A 15 -year-old boy arrested in connection with a gun and petrol bomb attack on a home in Dublin in March was today remanded on bail after a court heard that a detention centre did not have a space to hold him.

A suicidal 14-year-old boy, who tried to kill himself while in garda custody, at the weekend, has been further remanded in custody, by Judge Bryan Smyth the Dublin Children’s Court.

A suicidal 14-year-old boy, who claimed he tried to kill himself in a garda station cell at the weekend, has been remanded in custody by Judge Gerard Haughton at the Dublin Children’s Court.

A troubled teenager was remanded on bail today and told to come back to court next Wednesday after a judge heard that a detention centre had no space to take him.

The case of a 13-year-old boy, who stole a patient’s handbag as she was being treated in a physiotherapist’s clinic, has been adjourned while the teen is the subject of a psychological and educational assessment in custody.

A 14-year-old boy, who stole €300 from a shop and then bit two security guards who tried to stop him, has been detained for one year by Judge Bryan Smyth at the Dublin Children’s Court.

A quarter of the places in the State’s remand centres for under-16-year-olds charged with criminal offences are being used by children awaiting placements in suitable residential care units, it emerged today.

A 15-year-old boy, who stole a minibus from an old folks’ day centre, which had a massive impact on the lives of 75 elderly people, has been remanded in custody pending sentence.