School arson attack boy remanded on bail

A 14-year-old boy who took part in a serious arson attack on a primary school which caused more than €400,000 worth of damage, has been remanded on bail pending sentence by Judge Catherine Murphy at the Dublin Children’s Court.

The schoolboy pleaded guilty to committing the arson at St Paul’s National School, in Ayrfield, north Dublin, on September 8 last year.