Five teenagers accused of the murder of a Catholic schoolboy who was allegedly attacked with baseball bats appeared in court in Northern Ireland today.

Five teenagers are to appear at a Northern Ireland court today charged with the murder of a Catholic schoolboy who was allegedly cornered in an alley and beaten with a baseball bat.

The protagonist, played by Robert Sean Leonard, is a Catholic schoolboy who suddenly finds himself questioning the existence of God and, simultaneously, his girlfriend's piety.

The drama dealt with a ten-year-old Catholic schoolboy (Joseph Cross) who, after the death of his grandfather (Robert Loggia), searches for God.

Growing up in suburban New Jersey, the son of an architect, he spent his formative years as a Catholic schoolboy.

At last year's festival, Robert Kerr was represented by "And the Air Didn't Answer," an absurdist comedy about a free-thinking Catholic schoolboy.

Lewis Howlett as Sam An 8-year-old, Catholic schoolboy, Sam is a good kid with a conscience who prefers to follow the rules.

I was a Catholic schoolboy, and I swore like a sailor.

Sister Marie Chantal could be the scariest dream imaginable for legions of smirking, snickering Catholic schoolboys: a nun adept in judo and tae kwon do.

Five teenagers appeared at Ballymena magistrates court yesterday charged with the murder of a Catholic schoolboy.