An honours schoolboy, who dropped out of education and got into crack cocaine dealing after he developed a cannabis addiction problem, has been sentenced to nine months’ probation.

A young offender, who was caught with €675 worth of cocaine, has been told he must spend the next six months planting flowers if he wants to avoid a sentence.

A teenage boy, whose life is under threat and was the target of an attempted bomb attack, has been remanded in custody.

A warrant has been issued today for the arrest of a 16-year-old girl awaiting sentence for stealing from a man who was offered sex during a “honey-trap”-style theft.

A 16-year-old girl has been remanded on bail pending sentence for stealing from a man who was offered sex during a “honey-trap” style theft.

A teenage schoolgirl has been spared a custodial sentence after she was found guilty of attacking an eight-year-old boy during a long-running feud between their families.

THE recent cabinet decision to abolish the Irish language requirement for the Law Society and the King’s Inns was disappointing.