17-YEAR-OLD ON MURDER CHARGE

Teenager is remanded in custody

-  TOM TUITE

A TEENAGE boy was yesterday charged with the murder of a man.

The 17-year-old, who cannot be identified because he is a minor, was remanded to the Oberstown Children Detention Campus in North Co Dublin yesterday.

Aaron Keating, who was in his 40s and from Blanchardstown, West Dublin, suffered fatal wounds in an incident on Main Street in Ongar at around 7pm on Tuesday.

He was removed from the scene to Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown, where he was pronounced dead.

A murder investigation was opened by gardai who established an incident room and appealed for information.