A Dutch court has convicted a 15-year-old boy of murdering a teenage girl after she argued with another girl on a social networking site – a case that shocked the Netherlands because of the age of the killer and his victim.

IRELAND made a winning start to the defence of their R&A Trophy in the Boys Home Internationals over the Royal and St David’s links at Harlech yesterday — but they were made to fight hard for victory over hosts Wales.