Cork teenager who continued to hit off-duty gardaí after seeing their badges sent to Oberstown

The court heard he was one of the youngest in the group of 11 young people involved in the assault

The 15-year-old will spend 18 months at Oberstown detention centre and on his release he will come under the supervision of the probation service for another 18 months and comply with their directions in terms of rehabilitation and education. File picture

A 15-year-old involved with other youths in a violent attack on two men in Cork city was shown badges identifying them as off-duty members of An Garda Síochána during the affray but even then he did not stop attacking them.

Judge Helen Boyle said the teenager should never have started attacking the off-duty gardaí but that he should certainly have stopped when shown their garda IDs.