The youth charged with David Rooney’s murder

A 17-YEAR-OLD boy charged with the murder of a man in Dublin last summer has been remanded on continuing bail until next week when he is to be served with the book of evidence in the case.

The teenage boy, who cannot be identified because he is a juvenile, had been charged on December 24 last with the murder of 35-year-old David Rooney, at Clonmacnoise Road, in Crumlin, in Dublin, on July 2 last year.

Initially, he had been remanded in custody, but subsequently received High Court bail.