Judge calls for security review after youth brings knife to court

A judge has called for security to be tightened at the Dublin Children's Court after hearing a youth felt it necessary to come to his case armed with a concealed knife.

Judge calls for security review after youth brings knife to court

A judge has called for security to be tightened at the Dublin Children's Court after hearing a youth felt it necessary to come to his case armed with a concealed knife.

Judge Clare Leonard called on the Garda Inspectorate to conduct a review of security at the courthouse, which is located in Smithfield, in Dublin's north inner city, after a youth (now aged 18) pleaded guilty yesterday to possessing a knife there on a date last June.

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