'Monday to Friday' social workers could not appear at weekend court sitting

Social workers did not come to a weekend court appearance of a 14-year-old boy who has been missing from care for 10 weeks because they only provided a Monday to Friday service, a judge heard today.

The 14-year-old boy had been charged originally at a district court sitting on Monday, August 10 last with criminal damage to a window at a property in Tallaght, on August 8 last.