A repeat teenage offender, who has 72 criminal convictions, was today detained for 15 months for offences committed after he was released early from a juvenile detention centre.

A teen repeat offender has reached his 72nd criminal conviction for offences committed after he was released early from a juvenile detention centre.

A teenage burglar, who held a woman up in her house and threatened to stab her, has been given a 20-month sentence, by Judge Angela Ní Chonduin, at the Dublin Children’s Court.

A Juvenile detention centre which has just 30 places was yesterday forced to close down an entire wing so an out-of-control boy could be held there, a court heard today.