A judge has called for security to be tightened at the Dublin Children's Court after hearing a youth felt it necessary to come to his case armed with a concealed knife.

A 14-year-old boy, who was last week banned from head shops, which sell so-called legal highs, was remanded on continuing bail at the Dublin Children's Court today.

A father who got his teenage son to act as an accomplice in the theft of nearly €4,000 worth of copper cabling has been ordered by a judge to pay compensation.

A 17-year-old girl who set on a classmate at their training course because their families were feuding has been spared a fine and criminal conviction after she made a donation to charity.

A 17-year-old girl who set on another girl at their training course because their families had been feuding, has been ordered to pay money to charity or else she will be fined and receive a criminal conviction.

A judge today rejected a 12-year-old boy’s plea to be released from a juvenile detention centre where he is being held for psychological and educational assessments.

A 17-year-old recovering drug addict, who burgled the Department of Justice, was detained for 15 months today.

A Teenage boy today admitted selling a supply of heroin worth €100 to an undercover officer from the Garda National Drugs Unit during a sting operation.

A then-13-year-old schoolboy, who was brought shoplifting by his aunt, has been remanded on bail to allow time for a pre-sentence probation report to be obtained.

A 17-YEAR-OLD boy charged with the murder of a man in Dublin last summer has been remanded on continuing bail until next week when he is to be served with the book of evidence in the case.

A 16-year-old boy charged with the murder of Dubliner Aidan O‘Kane, who was shot dead near his home last month, was remanded on bail today for 12 weeks pending the preparation of a book of evidence.

A teenage girl who is recovering from heroin addiction said today that her situation was not helped when she was residing in emergency hostel accommodation in Dublin.

THE teenage sister of a 16-year-old boy charged with the murder of Dubliner Aidan O’Kane, who was shot dead near his home on September 7 last, is to stand bail for him, the Children’s Court heard yesterday.

The teenage sister of a 16-year-old boy charged with the murder of Dubliner Aidan O‘Kane, who was shot dead near his home, on September 7 last, is to stand bail for him, the Children’s Court heard yesterday.

A troubled 17-year-old girl who, while armed with a scissors, attacked a care worker and threatened to “slit her throat right in the jugular”, was given a four-month sentence by Judge Bryan Smyth at the Dublin Children’s Court today.

A 17-year-old boy arrested in relation to a violent hijacking and attack of a man who had been sleeping in his car while parked in Dublin city centre was served with a book of evidence today.

“IT is extraordinary that in 2008 we should be having this case,” a judge at the Children’s Court said yesterday as he was forced for a third time to grant bail to a troubled girl who wants to be detained.

“IT is extraordinary that in 2008 we should be having this case,” a judge at the Children’s Court said today as he was forced for a third time to grant bail to a troubled girl who wants to be detained.

A 17-year-old boy with 50 criminal convictions who became addicted to "tablets he got on the streets" was today sentenced to six months detention for a handbag snatch.

A 16-year-old, who has learning problems and an IQ level of 57, was released on probation today for a spate of crimes on condition that he obtained drug addiction counselling and psychiatric treatment.

A 15-year-old schoolboy who has been charged along with his father and uncle over an outbreak of tit-for-tat violence linked to a Traveller family feud was again refused bail today.

A 16-year-old boy, who was unable to resist the temptation to re-offend, was today detained for eight months on his 50th criminal conviction.

A teenage vigilante, who "took the law into his own hands" and was part of a retaliation attack two days after he had been beaten by another youth, was served with a book of evidence today.

A Vietnamese unaccompanied minor brought to Ireland by Chinese human traffickers for illegal labour, has been released into the care of the HSE.

A Vietnamese unaccompanied minor was brought to Ireland by Chinese human traffickers for illegal labour, the Children’s Court heard today.

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

A Vietnamese boy suspected of having been brought to Ireland by human traffickers is to remain in custody pending a continued Garda probe into his background.

A 13-year-old schoolboy made his first ever court appearance yesterday to face drug dealing allegations after his arrest for possessing nearly €1,000 worth of crack-cocaine, heroin and cannabis resin.

A 17-year-old boy was brought before the Dublin Children’s Court today to face a second murder charge in connection with the killing of two Polish men in February.

A 17-year-old boy appeared in court today for leading gardaí on a half-hour high speed pursuit where at one point he allegedly drove the wrong way through the Dublin Port Tunnel.

A schoolgirl accused of attacking a man, who was cut and scarred when he tried to protect a tourist allegedly assaulted by a teen gang, has been served with a book of evidence and sent forward for trial at the Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A 17-Year-old boy who bullied his parents into giving him drug money has been readmitted to bail on condition that he no longer intimidates or threatens them.

A 17-year-old boy charged with the murder of a Polish man in Drimnagh, Dublin, in February, has been further remanded in custody by the Children’s Court pending the preparation of the book of evidence in the case.

A teenager charged in connection with a burglary where a man and woman were allegedly attacked with a sword has been released on conditional bail.

A teenage girl and her mother, who were arrested as gardaí tried to restore calm after a fight broke out between two feuding families, have been remanded on bail by the Dublin Children’ Court.

A 17-year-old boy, who took part in an assault on a man who claimed his head was used like a football as his attackers took “penalty kicks”, was given a six-month sentence at the Dublin Children’s Court yesterday.

A 16-year-old boy charged with possessing a stolen laptop computer and credit card has been released on bail by the Dublin Children’s Court.

A 16-year-old boy charged last week in relation to a drug seizure in Dublin worth €150,000 was today further remanded in custody after his mother failed to attend his bail hearing.

Sentencing of a teenage actor found guilty of handling a stolen satellite navigation unit and mobile phone, after a judge a found his performance in the witness box unconvincing, has been adjourned.

A 16-year-old boy was brought before the Children’s Court today charged in connection with a drugs seizure worth €150,000 in Dublin last weekend.

Sentencing of a teenager, who daubed a swastika symbol with his own blood onto the all of a Garda station cell, has been adjourned.

Two teenage brothers, who got arrested after a brawl broke out at a wedding reception, have been remanded on bail to await sentence.

A 15-year-old boy, who punched a Garda who had been trying to arrest his friend, has been let off without a criminal conviction by Judge Patrick Clyne, at the Dublin Children’s Court.

A then 14-year-old boy, who rammed a garda car four times, while joyriding, has been detained for seven months, by Judge Bryan Smyth at the Dublin Children’s Court.