Young offenders launch boat

THE name of the boat, Charge Sheet, moored in Malahide yesterday provided a wry clue to the background of the young men who painstakingly restored the vessel over the past 12 months.

Young offenders  launch boat

The six teenagers are all spending varying periods of detention at the Finglas Child and Adolescent Centre having been convicted of criminal offences.

However, thoughts about their troubled background were kept firmly offshore as the mermaid sailing class vessel was formally launched by Minister for Children Brendan Smith at the Fingal Sailing School in Malahide.

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