Teen appears in court in relation to garda assault charges

A 16-year-old boy arrested for attacking a garda who was injured on St Patrick’s Day appeared in court this morning charged with public order and assault charges.

The teenager was charged at the Children’s Court with being intoxicated to such an extent that he was a danger to himself and others, engaging in threatening behaviour, failing to leave the vicinity when cautioned, and assault of a garda, at Broombridge Road, in Cabra, in north Dublin.