‘Brutally honest’ teen jailed after refusing probation service’s help

A troubled teenager who was never in prison before ended up there because he refused to take up the help of the probation service and wanted to go to jail.

Judge Olann Kelleher imposed six months imprisonment on Aran Shanahan with the last three months of the sentence suspended.

It was imposed in respect of a litany of crimes in the Ballincollig area.