An incident in which local public representative Tommy Hagan was mugged was among a number of crimes committed by a male juvenile whose case was dealt with at Monday’s sittings of the District Court in Monaghan Town.
In adjudicating on the case Judge Sean MacBride made comments in which he conveyed a strong sense of sympathy with the victims of crime, who he said were “number one” in his court, and also alluded to frustration among the judiciary about the lack of accommodation provision for juvenile offenders and the “revolving door” …