Girl avoids conviction after charity donation

A 17-year-old girl who set on a classmate at their training course because their families were feuding has been spared a fine and criminal conviction after she made a donation to charity.

The girl, who wants a career in childcare, had pleaded guilty at the Dublin Children’s Court on March 4 last to engaging in a breach of the peace, which happened at a centre in south Dublin where she was taking part in a training course, on a date last September.