A former deputy head of security at Croke Park who stole seven booklets of premium GAA season tickets in an effort to pay off his son’s debt has avoided jail.

An application by the State to reactivate a suspended sentence given to a 18-year-old last year after he drove a stolen car during a high-speed Garda chase has been rejected by Judge Katherine Delahunt.

A 16-year-old boy has been remanded in custody at his own request on his 47th conviction.

A 17-year-old boy facing sentence for over forty offences has been remanded on continuing bail by the Dublin Children’s Court pending sentence.