Teen charged with murder served with book of evidence

A 17-year-old boy charged with the murder of a man in Dublin last summer was served with a book of evidence today and has been sent forward for trial to the Central Criminal Court.

The teenage boy, who cannot be identified because he is a juvenile, had been charged on December 24 last with the murder of 35-year-old David Rooney, at Clonmacnoise Road, in Crumlin, in Dublin, on July 2 last year.