Youth charged with forcibly taking army vehicle

An 18-year-old youth was charged at the Children's Court today with attacking two gardaí and theft by force of an army vehicle.

The defendant, Thomas Doran, of Coldcut Cresent, Clondalkin, in Dublin, made “no reply” when he was charged with assaulting two gardaí, seizing by force a Ford Green Transit army vehicle and motor theft, at Military Road, in Tallaght, in Dublin, on April 17 last.