He has since been released from custody, and a file will be prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions.

150 of the units will be social homes, with the rest going to the cost-rental scheme.

These arrests form part of an ongoing garda investigation aimed at disrupting these criminal elements, gardaí said.

Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard that the boy’s older sister managed to push Visak Rajesh Leela (26) away from her brother before both children ran away.

Orchid Homes has told the appeals board that the scheme provides high quality, much needed student accommodation proximate to UCD.

South Dublin Co Council granted a 10-year planning permission to Lens Media Ltd for the 56-acre site.

The seizure was made as part of a joint operation conducted by Revenue’s Customs Service, the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau (GNDOCB) and Terenure Divisional Drugs Unit

Eva OsborneGardaí have charged two men who were arrested as part of ongoing investigations into organised criminal activity in the South Dublin and Eastern Regions.

Among the complaints is that An Bord Pleanála allegedly failed to address claims that the development would exacerbate sewage overflows at the Salthill wastewater pumping station.

Over €78,000 in cash was also seized during a follow-up search

The two men, aged in their late teens and early 20s, are due to appear before a sitting of Dun Laoghaire District Court

A number of items were taken, including phones.

In a detailed judgement handed down on Wednesday Mr Justice David Holland said that the board's decision to grant planning permission, in July 2021, to Ironborn Real Estate Limited to develop the site should be quashed.