MORE than €2.3 million was spent last year on placing 15 troubled young people in special care facilities and private foster care outside the country, with one placement in Scotland costing more than €500,000 a year.

Murdered teenager Daniel McAnaspie died in “the most horrific circumstances,” his solicitor told the Dublin Children's Court today.

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.

A troubled 15-year-old boy from Dublin who was sent to a special care unit in Sweden may spend three more years there, a court heard today.