Smithfield shooting accused in court

A teenage boy shot two men with an “improvised firearm” and attacked another person with a stick during rioting at Dublin's Smithfield horse fair in March, a court heard today.

The boy (aged 17), who cannot be identified because he is a juvenile, had been remanded in custody earlier after he was charged at the Dublin Children's Court with violent disorder and unlawful possession of an “improvised firearm” in connection with the non-fatal shooting on March 6 last.