The victim in a mobile phone mugging turned the tables on his attacker by tackling the man to the ground and taking his phone instead, a court has heard.

The victim in a mobile phone mugging turned the tables on his attacker by tackling the man to the ground and taking his phone instead, a court has heard.

A 14-year-old boy arrested for trespassing on a stranded boat belonging to businessman Harry Crosbie has been remanded in custody by Judge Aingeal Ní Chondúin at the Dublin Children’s Court.

The trial of a Dundalk man accused of INLA membership dramatically collapsed at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today after it emerged that a Special Branch detective driver for the presiding judge was a witness in the case.