Boy, 17, to face Circuit Court for part in attack

A 17-year-old boy arrested for taking part in a gang attack on a man who was beaten and kicked on the ground in front of his girlfriend, is to face the Circuit Court, a judge has ruled.

The boy, who is originally from Romania, has been charged with assault causing harm to the man, who is in his twenties, at Lucan Road, in west Dublin, on January 31 last year.