Detectives were last night seeking to speak to a number of people who are thought to have been with a teenage girl who was subsequently subjected to a violent death.

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 17-year-old boy, who was arrested for possessing a kilo of heroin worth €126,000 which he claimed he was minding for someone else, was served with a book of evidence at the Dublin Children’s Court today.

A 17-year-old boy was caught with a kilo of heroin worth €126,000 which he was minding for someone else, the Children’s Court heard today.

An alcoholic mother who kicked a pregnant garda in the stomach in 2003 has been given a two years prison sentence by Judge Michael White at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.