A TROUBLED teenager, who was sent to a special care unit in Sweden, may spend three more years there at a cost of €100,000 a year, a court heard yesterday.

A TROUBLED 14-year-old boy, who set fire to a room with children in it, yesterday left Ireland to commence a placement in a special care unit situated on an island off the Swedish coast.

A troubled 14-year-old boy, who set fire to a room with children in it, today left Ireland to commence a placement in a special care unit situated on an island off the Swedish coast.

A 14-year-old boy, who set fire to a room with children in it, has been granted mobility from a Dublin detention centre to allow him leave the country to undergo an assessment for a placement in a Swedish therapeutic care centre.