Boy 'nearly ran over' three children on speeding scrambler

A youth who nearly ran over three children while doing 80kph on a scrambler motorcycle has been remanded on bail pending sentence.

The 17-year-old boy pleaded guilty at the Children's Court to dangerous driving, having no licence or motor insurance as well as no licence plate and not wearing a helmet, in connection with a high-speed pursuit, in Finglas, in Dublin, on the afternoon of May 12 last year.