The decision, taken by Judge James McCourt in the Circuit Civil Court, was met with applause in the courtroom

Bird said he ended up in the emergency department at St Michael's Hospital in Dún Laoghaire

The 17-year-old, who cannot be identified because he is a minor, was arrested on Wednesday evening after gardaí responded to an “alert call from a female in distress after leaving a hotel room”.

Originally built in 1840, Eglinton House in Dún Laoghaire is a three-story house on the market for €2.285 million.

The volunteer inshore lifeboat crew at Dún Laoghaire RNLI had a busy weekend with two call-outs as they rescued two people and a dog

Shortly after 2pm on Saturday, two men armed with screwdrivers threatened staff at a pharmacy in Donnybrook.

It is understood that the opening is planned for sometime before Christmas which is just one of several delays which has plagued the multi-million euro works which started in 2018.

Passing sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on Wednesday, Judge Martin Nolan said the crime was “at the more inoffensive end”