The 17-year-old boy was charged with 12 motoring offences, including dangerous driving causing death

The Court of Appeal has been asked to consider the 'tall order' of entirely quashing the sentence of a teenager who raped his seven-year-old cousin

Another boy was taken to hospital in critical condition following the alleged incident

Mark Lynam BL, defending, told Judge Martin Nolan that his client was born addicted to heroin, being the child of two serious drug addicts.

Philip McCabe (23) and Luke Cronin (22) both pleaded guilty to a charge of criminal damage at Oberstown Children's Detention Centre on September 20th and 21st, 2016