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Reports the sentencing of the unnamed teenager for the murder of Aaron Keating, including the Supreme Court ruling that gave judges discretion to sentence a child who committed murder, the reduction from a 25-year headline to 15 years, and the conditions attached to the suspended portion.

Describes the sentencing hearing where the court heard evidence about the circumstances of the murder, including the defendant's drug use, the trigger for the attack, and the pathologist's findings. Family members gave emotional evidence. Defence counsel cited a Supreme Court ruling on life sentences for children. Sentencing adjourned to 7 July 2025.

Details of the 30 June 2025 sentencing hearing, including victim impact statements from the Keating family, prosecution evidence of the stabbing sequence, the State Pathologist's findings, defence submissions on the Supreme Court ruling regarding mandatory life sentences for children, and the adjournment of sentencing to 7 July 2025.

Reports the guilty plea, the Supreme Court ruling removing the mandatory life sentence for a child who committed murder, the defendant's anonymity, and the remand until sentencing on 30 June 2025.

The 19-year-old defendant pleaded guilty; a Supreme Court ruling means no mandatory life sentence as he was a child at the time of the offence; remanded until sentencing on 30 June 2025; defence says he had no prior convictions.

Reports a High Court judicial review by the accused seeking to halt his murder trial over mandatory life sentencing for offences committed as a minor, and that the matter will be mentioned again later this month.

Court hearing in which the judge refused the defence bid to bar media from naming the accused. The accused had turned 18 and was remanded to Cloverhill Prison instead of Oberstown. Earlier hearings and the victim's background are also reported.

Court report on the Children's Court appearance after the accused turned 18. The judge refused reporting restrictions, he was remanded to Cloverhill Prison, and the case was adjourned for four weeks. The article also adds the victim's age range and that he was known to State services.

Reports the boy's charge with murder, his age of 17, his remand to Oberstown and the Children's Court hearing before Judge Brendan Toale, including legal aid being granted and no bail jurisdiction in a murder case.

Reports the teenager's charge with murder and first court appearance before Dublin Children's Court, with remand to Oberstown. Existing case already records a later sentence.

Reports the teenager's charge with murder, his arrest the following morning, and his remand into detention at the Dublin Children's Court on Friday 16 June 2023. The victim is named as Aaron Keating.

Reports that the male juvenile arrested over the fatal assault has been charged and is due before Dublin Children's Court on 16 June 2023, Court number 55. Also reports a vigil held in Ongar the previous evening.

Adds that a teenager handed himself in on 14 June and was arrested on suspicion of murder, that gardaí issued a fresh witness appeal, asked the public not to share footage on social media, and that the post-mortem results will not be released.

Early report: gardaí say the teenager was arrested on suspicion of murder and handed himself in, that a verbal row preceded the stabbing, and that gardaí asked the public not to share footage. It gives no name for the suspect and no post-mortem result.

Reports that the 17-year-old suspect handed himself in with an older relative, was arrested on suspicion of murder, and was detained. Adds the suspect's arrest and garda investigation details to the original stabbing report.

Adds that the 17-year-old suspect handed himself into a garda station with an older relative and was detained on suspicion of murder, that the dispute began as a verbal row with a group of young men, and that a knife was pulled. Gives the garda appeal details and the Blanchardstown incident room. Does not state a charge.

Article body is template code with no details. The only substantive content is the headline. No existing case matches a fatal assault in Dublin on or around 14 June 2023.

Adds the arrest of a teenager on suspicion of murder, the Garda statement, the incident room at Blanchardstown, the reported cause of the row, and that the attacker reportedly pulled a knife.

Adds the first photograph of the victim, confirms a teenager has been arrested and is detained at a Garda station, and reports the incident room, family liaison officer, post-mortem and a vigil planned by friends.

Adds the arrest of a teenager on suspicion of murder, his detention under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984, a first picture of the victim, family tributes, and a planned vigil.

Reports the arrest of a male teenager on suspicion of murder, held under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984, and describes the victim's death in hospital, the witnesses, CCTV and the scene investigation. The article does not name the suspect.

Reports the arrest of a male teenager on suspicion of murder on 14 June 2023, the incident room at Blanchardstown Garda Station, and the appeal for information. Does not name the teenager.

Early report of the same incident as case 1374. It names the victim locally as Aaron Keating, says he was stabbed by a man with a knife after a verbal row with a group, and says CCTV has been seized. It gives no arrest or charge.

Follows the Ongar murder case: names the victim as Aaron Keating, describes the knife attack after a verbal row, the hospital pronouncement, the murder investigation led by Blanchardstown Garda Station and the CCTV seizure. No arrest is reported.

Reports the death of a man in his 40s after an assault in Ongar, the opening of a murder investigation, and that the scene was preserved and an incident room set up. No arrests or charges are reported.

Report of a murder investigation after a man in his 40s died following an altercation on Main Street, Ongar. Gardaí have set up an incident room and the State Pathologist has been called. The article gives no arrests or suspects.

Garda press release with no names and no arrests reported. It gives the official investigation steps and appeals for information and video footage.

Official garda.ie update, issued 14 June 2023: records the arrest of a male juvenile on suspicion of murder, his detention under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984, the incident room, the family liaison officer, the post-mortem and a public appeal. No matching existing case.

Third garda update, issued 15 June 2023. It reports that a male juvenile teen was arrested on suspicion of murder and detained, that a post-mortem was carried out on the deceased man in his 40s, and that gardaí are appealing for witnesses and video footage.

Garda press release announcing the charge of an arrested male juvenile and his court date. It gives no name, age or victim details. No existing case in the list matches this Ongar incident.

Gardaí clarify the deceased's name, which the charge sheet read in court on 16 June 2023 gave as Aaron Keating-Dunne.

Reports that the 17-year-old boy presented himself to gardaí with his mother, that gardaí believe a verbal row among several men escalated to violence, and that Mr Keating was known to State services.