Young man allegedly involved in Oberstown rooftop protest loses challenge over delay in prosecution

A young man who was allegedly involved in rooftop protest at a youth detention centre - when a fire was started which caused significant damage - has lost a High Court challenge to a delay in prosecuting him.

Mr Justice Garreth Simons said there was no culpable or blameworthy proseuctorial delay in the case of the man who faces four charges arising out of the disturbance on August 29, 2016, at Oberstown Children Detention Campus near Lusk in north county Dublin.