Probation for teen who ransacked school

A 17-year-old boy, who ransacked a Dublin school in a burglary and was arrested after gardai recovered his fingerprints at the scene, has been released on supervisory probation for one-year.

The Tallaght teenager pleaded guilty today at the Dublin Children’s Court to burgling Mac Dara’s Community College, in Templeogue, on October 13, 2007. He also admitted theft of a cash register and €5,070 from a shop, at Spawell, in south Dublin, on November 25, 2007.