A 17-year-old boy was brought before the Dublin Children’s Court today to face a second murder charge in connection with the killing of two Polish men in February.

A 17-year-old boy charged with the murder of a Polish man in Drimnagh, Dublin, in February, has been further remanded in custody by the Children’s Court pending the preparation of the book of evidence in the case.

A 56 year-old man has been given a five year sentence for his role in what Judge Tony Hunt at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court called "a crime motivated by xenophobia and racism".

Two 16-year-old boys arrested in connection with the shooting of a Garda sergeant last week are to face trial in the Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, a judge ruled today.

A chronic drug addict who doused a filling station assistant with petrol and threatened to set him alight, before robbing money from the shop and getting away in a stolen car, has been remanded in custody for sentence on June 15.