Forensic accountant Peter Russell, who specialises in liquidations, sees the personal suffering every day that comes with the territory, writes Jennifer Hough

A CHILD in the care of the State was not classed as a missing person eight months after his disappearance, even though those in charge of his welfare had no idea where he was.

A LIMERICK boy who recently made Irish criminal history as the youngest person ever convicted of using a sawn-off shotgun, was found wearing a bulletproof vest as he feared he would be shot, Limerick District Court heard.

There is no room at State detention centres for an out-of-control teenage mugger, the Dublin Children’s Court heard.

A DISTRICT court judge said he was staggered by the “inaction” of a Health Service Executive committee in its approach to juvenile offenders before the courts.

A 15-year-old boy, who now has 30 criminal convictions, has been detained for two years by Judge Catherine Murphy at the Dublin Children’s Court.

A 15-year-old boy, who now has 30 criminal convictions, has been remanded in custody to await sentence.

Two 15-year-old boys, who were part of a violent gang that attacked gardaí with stones and bottles and hit a female Garda on the stomach with a brick, have been detained for two years by Judge Bryan Smyth at the Dublin Children’s Court today.

CHILDREN are carrying out more crimes involving extreme violence and the system for dealing with them is a “farce”, probation officers warned yesterday.

A Juvenile detention centre which has just 30 places was yesterday forced to close down an entire wing so an out-of-control boy could be held there, a court heard today.

HERE’S an on-going quiet revolution off Cork city’s Douglas Street, with millions of euro flowing in property investment.

FORTY three new Cork city houses aimed at qualifying ‘affordable’ category buyers are to be offered early in the New Year, bringing cheer to some lucky buyers.

An 18-year-old youth has admitted causing the death of two gardaí when the stolen sports car he was driving rammed into their patrol car.

The 16-year-old passenger in a stolen sports car that killed two gardai has been sentenced to four years detention which is to start in March 2004 after his current two year term ends.

The 16-year-old passenger in a stolen sports car that killed two gardai last April wouldn't have been at liberty at the time had there been a residential place available for him.

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