A 40-year-old woman and a 16-year-old girl have been further remanded in prison and detention respectively in connection with a serious assault in Tipperary last month that has left a young woman in a critical condition in hospital.
The teenager, who cannot be identified due to her age, is charged with assault causing serious harm to 29-year-old Scarlett Faulkner on the side of the road near the village of Birdhill on 21 March.
The woman, who also cannot be named by order of the court, faces four charges, including violent disorder, reckless endangerment, and two counts of burglary during what the court previously heard was 24 hours of serious violent offences.
Both of the accused appeared before Tipperary District Court, sitting in Thurles, this morning.
The teenage girl appeared before the court via video-link from Oberstown Children Detention Campus in Dublin.
Sergeant Cathal Godfrey said he was applying for her to be further remanded in detention to allow for directions from the Director of Public Prosecutions.
After the accused consented to the adjournment, Judge Marie Keane further remanded the teenager in detention to Oberstown to appear before Nenagh District Court on 23 April.
The girl's solicitor, John Herbert applied for an extension of his client's legal aid certificate, and also for a psychological assessment to be carried out.
When told that no one had yet been identified to carry out this psychological assessment, the judge said this person should be known by the next hearing of the case in Nenagh.
Dealing separately with the other defendant via video-link from Limerick, Judge Keane was asked to also adjourn this case to Nenagh District Court on 23 April.
Solicitor Pauric Nesbitt told the court that this adjournment was by consent.
Judge Keane was then asked by Mr Nesbitt if reporting restrictions still applied to the case.
The judge replied that no order had been made to the contrary and so the reporting restrictions previously imposed still applied, meaning the 40-year-old woman cannot be identified.
At a previous hearing of the case last Saturday, a special sitting of Limerick District Court was told that the injured party, Ms Faulkner had suffered extensive head injuries during the alleged attack and she remains in a critical condition in hospital.
Both defendants were previously denied bail given the serious nature of the charges against them.
