Lack of space at the State's main youth detention centre resulted in two Dublin teenagers - accused of being armed with a machine gun during a burglary - being released at the weekend.
One of the boys - released on Saturday night - failed to attend his next court hearing today, and a warrant has been issued for his arrest.
The 17-year-old boys and two men had been refused bail on Saturday after a judge heard a 60-year-old man was "savagely" beaten in front of his terrified family when machine gun-armed intruders forced entry into their home in Shankill, Co Dublin, on 11 June.
All four were charged with aggravated burglary and unlawful possession of a machine pistol.
Following their District Court appearance on Saturday, it transpired that the Oberstown Detention Campus in Dublin had no room to take the two youths despite the judge's decision.
Gardaí held them until their lawyers launched habeas corpus, a legal mechanism to challenge unlawful detention, in the High Court on Saturday night.
That led to a temporary "workaround" order releasing the pair on bail and subject to "house arrest" until their appearance today at the Children's Court.
The boys, from north Dublin, cannot be named because they are minors.
Today, Judge Brendan Toale ordered gardaí to arrest the teenager who did not turn up to court.
Noting there were still no remand beds available in the detention centre, he had to grant the co-accused teenager bail pending directions from the Director of Public Prosecutions.
Judge Toale highlighted how the lack of room in the detention facility had become a constant problem for the courts.
"This whole situation arises where the lack of place in Oberstown is an ongoing difficulty; it has been going on certainly for the last six months at a high level when, more often than not, there are no beds available, and where there was a refusal of bail," he stated before he was forced to send the boy home.
The teenager, who has yet to enter a plea, was accompanied to court by relatives and ordered to: obey a 10pm-6am curfew at his home; stay contactable by phone; remain out of the Shankill area; not contact witnesses; surrender his passport within 48 hours; and not apply for alternative travel documents.
He will appear before the court again in four weeks' time.
