A 16-year-old girl pretended to be a Christmas carol singer in a bid to force an elderly Dublin woman to hand over money, a court has heard.

An Italian businessman has been spared jail for making a joke about the ebola virus to his daughter on an Aer Lingus flight.

A troubled youth, who was battling an alcohol problem, was found dead in his bed in a hostel at the weekend, a judge was told yesterday.

Gardaí are to object to bail being granted to a youth accused of the murder of Dublin teenager David Byrne, who died following a stabbing in March.

A youth accused of the murder of teenager David Byrne, who died following a stabbing in Dublin last month, was remanded in custody today for a further four weeks.

Mobile phone records are to be used in evidence against a Dublin schoolboy charged with possessing a semi automatic pistol and 20 rounds of ammunition, a court heard today.

A 17-year-old boy has received a nine-month suspended sentence for possessing €5,000 worth of drugs as well as shotgun cartridges recovered during searches of his bedroom.

A youth who lured a pizza delivery man into a robbery at a west Dublin housing estate has been remanded on bail pending sentence.

A 16-year-old boy, who threatened to wreck a woman's home, believing she had his dogs impounded by the council, has been ordered to write a letter of apology and remanded on continuing bail pending sentence.

A youth who nearly ran over three children while doing 80kph on a scrambler motorcycle has been remanded on bail pending sentence.

A 16-year-old boy has been spared a custodial sentence and was placed on probation for nine months for taking part in a gang mugging with a group of girls.

A 15-year-old Dublin boy has been detained for six months for an arson at a school building which caused nearly €115,000 worth of damage.

A 15-year-old Dublin boy arrested for possessing a sawn-off shotgun has appeared in court today.

A judge has directed the HSE to attend the Children’s Court case of a troubled boy who needs to be placed in a secure therapeutic care facility.

A judge has held that the case of a youth, who allegedly attacked and injured a Garda after he had been arrested for joyriding, is too serious to be heard in the Children’s Court.

A 14-year-old boy, who allegedly caused €850,000 worth of damages by starting a fire which gutted a Gaelscoil in Lucan, in Dublin, last year, was further remanded in custody today to a juvenile detention centre.

A 17-year-old boy arrested regarding a high speed car chase where he allegedly forced a Garda patrol car and a taxi-driver off a road was today served with a book of evidence and remanded in custody pending trial.

A 14-year-old boy arrested for dangerous driving has been remanded in custody with his family’s consent for educational and psychological assessments to be carried out.

St Patrick's Day is the one day when people should stay indoors Judge Conal Gibbons recommended today in trial of a teenager, citing the new 'Simpsons' episode set in Ireland as an example.

Two schoolboys charged in relation to a sustained street attack on a man who was allegedly beaten with a rock and a metal pole have been remanded on continuing bail for medical reports on the victim’s injuries to be obtained.

A 14-year-old boy appeared in court today charged in connection with a fire that extensively damaged a Gaelscoil in Lucan, in Dublin, last April.

A 17-year-old north Dublin boy charged with motor theft and drink-driving following a short traffic pursuit has been remanded on bail.

A teenager arrested for possessing about €25,000 worth of heroin, had his drug dealing charges struck out at the Children’s Court y today due to a delay in obtaining directions from the DPP.

A mother and her 14-year-old son appeared at the Children’s Court today to face charges in connection with an incident where three gardaí were allegedly assaulted.

A Dublin youth, who was involved in public-order incidents which left gardaí in danger from violent teenagers, has been given bail pending sentence with nightly curfew which a judge said should be actively monitored.

A teenager arrested last month for possessing about €25,000 worth of heroin, has been further remanded in custody pending directions from the DPP.

A bench warrant has been issued for the arrest of a 16-year-old boy who has been charged with threatening to douse his mother with petrol and set her on fire.

A 17-year-old schoolboy accused of taking part in a sustained street attack on a man who was allegedly beaten with a rock and a metal pole has been remanded on bail.

A teenager who was part of a drink fuelled disturbance which caused a DART train to be evacuated has been remanded on bail pending sentence by Judge Bryan Smyth at the Dublin Children’s Court.

Seven youths were brought before the Children’s Court today to be charged with a range of offences in connection with riots that broke out in Finglas in Dublin during St Patrick’s Day festivities.

A 16-year-old boy arrested in connection with a gun and petrol bomb attack on a home in Dublin on Easter Sunday last had his prosecution struck out at the Children’s Court today.

Two teenage boys arrested over a gun and petrol bomb attack on a home in Dublin at Easter have been remanded on continuing bail by the Children’s Court pending directions from the DPP.

A 17-year-old boy arrested in connection with riots that broke out in Finglas in Dublin during St Patrick’s Day festivities has been remanded on continuing bail.

A teenage gang’s race hate attack on a Bangladeshi national has been described by a judge as “downright thuggery” and compared to being “like terriers after a rat”.

A 16-year-old boy facing trial for an arson attack that caused €100,000 worth of damages and left a woman homeless has been remanded on bail.

A 16-year-old boy will face trial for attacking a teenager who was stabbed and beaten with knuckle-dusters over comments made about a girl on a Bebo webpage, a judge held today.

The Dublin Children’s Court has granted conditional bail to a 16-year-old boy who has admitted instigating an attack on a partially deaf man.

A 16-year-old boy, who drove his sister’s car home after he had been left “stranded” following her arrest for theft, has been ordered to do 20 hours voluntary charity work or else he is to be fined €500.

A 15 -year-old boy arrested in connection with a gun and petrol bomb attack on a home in Dublin in March was today remanded on bail after a court heard that a detention centre did not have a space to hold him.

A Teenage drug dealer, who was caught with special wrapping material for a kilo weight package of heroin worth €200,000, has been given a nine-month sentence by Judge Ann Ryan at the Dublin Children’s Court.

A 14-year-old boy, who is in care, is at the centre of a legal dilemma over his future welfare and accommodation, the Dublin Children’s Court heard yesterday.

Gardaí have been given more time to track down and arrest the parents of a teenage thief who have repeatedly failed to attend their son’s hearings in the Dublin Children’s Court.

A 17-year-old boy arrested for taking part in a gang attack on a man who was beaten and kicked on the ground in front of his girlfriend, is to face the Circuit Court, a judge has ruled.

The parents of a teenage thief are to be arrested after they failed to attend their son’s sentence hearing in the Dublin Children’s Court.