Schoolboy charged in connection with crash into car escorting Taoiseach

A schoolboy has been charged in connection with an incident in which a Garda Special Branch car escorting Taoiseach Brian Cowen was struck by stolen vehicle in Dublin last month.

Two detectives, who were not injured in the collision, were following the Taoiseach's official car as Mr Cowen was being driven home from a late Cabinet meeting on the night of November 18 last.