A 16-year-old Dublin boy accused of attacking staff at the State’s top secure therapeutic care centre for troubled youths has been granted bail after he was missing for weeks.

A youth has pleaded guilty to an animal cruelty and torture charge after a homeless man’s pet rabbit was thrown into Dublin’s River Liffey last year.

A man charged with throwing a rabbit in to the River Liffey intends to plead guilty, his solicitor said today.

A Dublin man accused of throwing a homeless man’s pet rabbit into the River Liffey has pleaded not guilty to an animal cruelty and torture charge.

A 47-year-old man accused of punching a hole in a valuable Monet oil-painting at the National Gallery of Ireland in Dublin in June will deny criminal responsibility for the damage, a judge was told today.

A 47-year-old man was remanded in custody this evening - and is to get medical treatment - after he was charged with causing criminal damage to a valuable Claude Monet oil painting at the National Gallery of Ireland last week.

A 62-year-old man based in Cyprus was today charged with organising prostitution in the Dublin region.