A 15-year-old girl, who spent four months in a detention centre for theft of €13 worth of toiletries, has been released from custody to commence a placement in a children’s care unit.

A 15-year-old girl, who has spent four months in a detention centre for theft of €13 worth of toiletries, has been further remanded in custody to await placement in a children’s care unit.

Sentencing of a 16-year-old girl, who preyed on two elderly women by acting as a "decoy" while their homes were being burgled, has been adjourned pending the outcome of a separate prosecution.

Sentencing of a 16-year-old girl, who preyed on two elderly women by acting as a “decoy” while their homes were being burgled, has been adjourned pending the outcome of a separate prosecution.

An out-of-control teenage girl has been detained for five months on her 75th conviction.