Teen pleads guilty to damaging gravestones

A youth who pleaded guilty to destroying Victorian gravestone monuments dating from 1835 at Glasnevin Cemetery to the value of €100,000 has been remanded on continuing bail until sentencing on April 18, 2005.

Brian O’Connell, aged 18, of Doolinstown, Trim, changed his plea to guilty following legal argument on day three of his Dublin Circuit Criminal Court trial.