A prosecution against a young woman, who was arrested for allegedly engaging in prostitution while her mother and six-year-old sister were present, was today struck out by a judge, who described the case as "one of the saddest I have dealt with".

Two teenagers appeared in court today charged with taking part in a spate of robberies in which they were allegedly armed with an imitation revolver.

A teenager who was found with about €2,000 worth of stolen power-tools was today described by a judge as having “a track record as long as my arms” and remanded in custody pending sentence.

A judge said today said she was concerned at the number of times that victims have withdrawn their complaints against suspected young offenders.

A 17-year-old boy arrested in connection with the killing of an English man last September was today brought before the Dublin Children’s Court and charged with murder.

A 15-year-old boy, who broke another youth’s nose and two of his teeth during a fight, has been detained for two years by Judge Angela Ni Chonduin at the Dublin Children’s Court.

A mentally ill teenager is to stay in custody until next month as efforts are made by the Health Service Executive to find him an appropriate hospital placement.

A 14-year-old boy, who set fire to a room with children in it, is to stay in custody pending efforts by the Health Service Executive to find a suitable therapeutic care home placement for him.

A mentally ill teenager was further remanded in custody today pending efforts by the Health Service Executive to ascertain what suitable support services could be given to his parents.

Judge Angela Ni Chonduin today ordered the Health Service’s Executive’s director of disability services to attend the Children’s Court next week to outline what assistance could be given to a mentally ill teenager who is currently being held in custody.

A 15-year-old boy appeared in court today charged with the rape and robbery of a woman in Dun Laoghaire, on Monday.

A teenage girl, who attacked four Gardaí by spitting, punching and biting them, has been given 100 hours community service.

A mentally-ill teenager was yesterday held in a detention centre because a Dublin hospital did not have a bed for him.

A JUDGE yesterday held a family responsible for their 14-year-old daughter, who has left two elderly women traumatised after she violently burgled their homes.

Two teenagers have been remanded in custody after being charged today in connection with robberies at St Stephens’ Green in Dublin, during which a person was allegedly stabbed.

A 14-year-old girl, who has left two elderly women traumatised and terrified in their own homes after she violently forced her way past their front doors, has been remanded in custody.

The Ballydowd Special Care Unit, currently Ireland’s only secure facility that provides therapeutic intervention for children with serious emotional and behavioural problems, has rejected an application to take a 14-year-old boy who has tried to kill himself three times.

A teenage girl abandoned her baby at a DART station in an attempt to escape from a garda who wanted to question her for a shoplifting offence, the Dublin Children’s Court heard today.

The Children’s Court case of a 14-year-old boy, who has tried to kill himself three times, has been adjourned pending efforts to have him placed in the Ballydowd Special Care Unit, a secure therapeutic facility.

Irish pop star Samantha Mumba was caught driving down a motorway in Dublin without tax, insurance or a driving licence, a court heard today.

A 17-year-old boy who threatened to stab a Polish man in the eye with a pen during a violent mugging, has been detained for 10 months.

A repeat teen offender was yesterday detained for one year on his 82nd conviction.

The case of a 15-year-old boy, who is a sex abuse victim and believed to be linked to prostitution, has been adjourned pending efforts to place him into a therapeutic unit.

A teenage girl charged with prostitution has been released from Mountjoy Prison after a court heard that she was bullied by other inmates and constantly offered heroin there.

A teenage girl, who brought her baby brother onto the streets in the pouring rain to beg for money, has been restricted from entering the city-centre.

A 17-year-old girl charged with prostitution was today released from custody to be put into a care home but was not permitted to live with her mother.

A Nigerian teenage asylum seeker, who was heavily involved in the sale of crack cocaine in inner city Dublin, has been released on six-month suspended sentence.

A Dublin youth was today remanded in custody after he was charged with assault causing serious harm in connection with the death of a man in Blanchardstown on Halloween night.

A Nigerian teenage asylum seeker has been remanded in custody pending a pre-sentence probation report after pleading guilty to trafficking in €3,000 worth of crack cocaine.

A 16-year-old boy, who attacked three gardaí in an effort to stop them from arresting one of his friends, has been ordered to do 100 hours community service in lieu of two months detention.

A 14-year-old boy was today convicted of taking part in three burglaries within the space of an hour, less than two months after he was put into a juvenile detention centre.

A teenage vandal has been ordered to pay €250 compensation to CIE for smashing down a wall on their land with a sledgehammer.

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 teenage boy spent years living on the streets of Dublin after he left home to escape from his alcoholic parents, a court heard today.