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.

An assessment is to take place next week to see if a troubled 14-year-old boy, who set fire to a room with children in it, is to be given a placement in a therapeutic care centre in Sweden, the Dublin Children’s Court heard today.