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A young female teacher has been charged with an alleged sex crime against a teenage boy.

The 24-year-old woman, who is a teacher in a Dublin school, is accused of the defilement of a teenage boy who was a student in the school at the time.

She was arrested at Terminal One, Dublin Airport by Gardai investigating the incident on Sunday as she returned on a flight.

She appeared before Swords District Court this morning where evidence of arrest, charge and caution was given in court by Garda Stephen Hughes.

The accused, who cannot be named for legal reasons, made no reply after the charge.

Judge Dermot Dempsey granted an application for legal aid as the defendant’s solicitor said her client had lost her job.

The judge granted bail with a number of conditions that she surrender her passport and provide Gardai with a phone number.

Garda Hughes told the court that they had seized the young woman’s mobile phone and that she would have to obtain another phone.

She will appear again in court in December 19 next.