Judge ‘happy with progress’ of teen

Considerable progress has been made in the case of a 16-year-old boy where it is costing the State €4,500 a week to house the troubled teen.

That is according to Ann Walsh, solicitor for the boy’s mother, who told Judge Patrick Durcan yesterday that her client “is happy with the progress” in the case.

Judge Durcan interrupted his own holiday yesterday to stage the special sitting of the family law court as he said he viewed the case to be so serious.