A man who was arrested after being found “ranting and raving” in a neighbour’s back garden in the early hours of the morning died soon after falling ill, while handcuffed in a garda van.

A teenage boy, who spat blood into the face of a Garda then threatened to kill him and rape his wife and children, has been remanded on continuing bail to await sentence.

A teenage boy, who spat blood into the face of a Garda then threatened to kill him and rape his wife and children, has been remanded on bail to await sentence.