The teenager appeared before a sitting of the children’s court in Galway on Wednesday morning to face two new charges arising from an alleged assault on Fr Paul Murphy on August 15

A teenage boy has been charged with the attempted murder of an army chaplain in the Republic of Ireland. Fr Paul F Murphy was stabbed several times at Renmore Barracks in County Galway on 15 August. The 16-year-old cannot be identified because he is a minor.

A TEENAGE boy was charged with attempted murder of an army chaplain today. The boy, 16, who cannot be named because he is a minor, had previously been charged with assault causing harm to Fr Paul

A 16-year-old boy has appeared in court charged with the attempted murder of a priest at an Irish army barracks in Galway. The boy appeared before a sitting of the Children’s C. Garda Conor Breen of Galway Garda station told the court he arrested the accused for the purposes of charge at Galway courthouse at 12.