Jury hears boy tried to save friend from blaze

The jury in a manslaughter trial has heard how a boy who escaped a fire at a makeshift den tried to rescue his friend.

Daryl Hall, now aged 26, said he remembers the day of the fatal fire 13 years ago as if it was yesterday.

Dermot Griffin, aged 54, of Ballyfermot Rd, Ballyfermot has pleaded not guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to the manslaughter of 12-year-old Stephen Hughes at Rossfield Avenue, Tallaght, on September 1, 2001.