Daniel McAnaspie’s short life and violent death reflect badly on any notion that State and society have left behind the appalling treatment of children who find themselves beyond the sanctuary of a family home, writes Michael Clifford.

A jury will return to the Central Criminal Court on Monday to consider their verdict in the trial of a man accused of murdering a 17-year-old boy whose body was found dumped in a farmer's drainage ditch.

Daniel McAnaspie’s skeletal remains were found on a farm in Co. Meath in May 2010.

A 28-year-old man has pleaded guilty to manslaughter for the killing of a teenager in Blanchardstown in 2010.

A man discovered collapsed in a park having drunk a fatal level of alcohol had been released from Garda custody less than three hours earlier.

Property prices in Dublin rose by 11% last year, while the commuter belt counties saw an increase of only 1%, a report on the market has revealed.

A Dublin man has been cleared of murdering teenager Daniel McAnaspie, who was in State care when he was stabbed to death with half a garden shears three years ago.

The prosecution has today finished calling evidence in the trial of two men accused of killing teenager Daniel McAnaspie.

A court heard today how a man accused of murdering Daniel McAnaspie was wearing a stab vest the night the teenager was killed.

The trial of two Dublin men accused of the murder of teenager Daniel McAnaspie, who was in the care of the State at the time of his death three years ago, has heard his body was "stuffed into a suitcase" days after he was killed.

A jury has been hearing about the final movements of murder victim Daniel McAnaspie.

A court has heard a Dublin man accused of murdering Daniel McAnaspie punched the teenager in the face in the hours before his disappearance.

A court has heard two men being tried for the murder of 17-year-old Daniel McAnaspie each claimed to have witnessed the other man carrying out the stabbing.

The Central Criminal Court will begin hearing evidence today in the trial of murdered teenager Daniel McAnaspie.

Two men have pleaded not guilty to the murder of teenager Daniel McAnespie in Dublin.

The family of a woman whose body went undiscovered for three-and-a-half years almost stumbled across her during the early days of a search following her disappearance, an inquest heard yesterday.

Two men have appeared in court in Dublin charged with the murder of Daniel McAnaspie last year.

A murder trial has heard a man would have died almost instantly after he was shot in the neck while out walking with his girlfriend and two children.

A murder trial has heard today that a man was shot in the neck while walking with his girlfriend and two children.

GARDAÍ say a missing woman, whose skeletal remains are believed to have been found on Wednesday, most likely died after falling into a hollow as she walked home in August 2007.

Gardaí believe human remains found in a park in Dublin yesterday could have been there for a couple of years.

Skeletal remains have been found in a north Dublin park, gardaí said.

Fears were mounting tonight of an escalation in a bloody gangland feud after a known criminal associate was gunned down at his workplace in daylight hours.

Opposition parties are today reiterating their call for tougher Government action to tackle gangland criminals in the wake of two fatal shootings in Dublin.