Efforts to provide care for troubled teen who assaulted father

A troubled boy, awaiting sentencing for attacking his father, has been remanded in custody pending efforts by child welfare services to provide him with suitable accommodation and care.

The boy, 15, is on remand in a juvenile detention centre after his bail was revoked last month by the Dublin Children’s Court. Judge John O’Connor further remanded him in custody to appear again next week.

Earlier he said the teenager had been engaging “in levels of violence way beyond his years”. The court was also told the boy had engaged in self-harming incidents in a juvenile detention centre.