€25,000 detention-centre damage case referred on from Children's Court

The case of a youth accused of taking part in a rooftop protest, which caused €25,000 worth of damage at one of the State's most secure juvenile detention centres, is too serious to be dealt with in the Children's Court, a judge has held.

A 17-year-old boy, who cannot be identified because he is a minor, was charged at the Children's Court with criminal damage to the roof and a recreational room, at the Trinity House detention centre, in Lusk, in north Co Dublin, on October 25, 2008.