State services are now operating a “pass the parcel” system when dealing with troubled teens, a District Court judge has warned.

A 17-year-old passenger in a stolen car that rammed two garda vehicles has been jailed for two and a half years by Judge Elizabeth Dunne at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

The Dáil was suspended amid rowdy scenes this morning, as opposition parties slammed the Government for failing to provide remand places for juvenile delinquents.