Lisa is rebuilding her life after heroin addiction

AGED 25, with long dark hair and pearly-white teeth, Lisa Kevitt should have the world at her feet.

Instead, she is struggling to rebuild her life after a teenage introduction to heroin turned her into an addict with 25 criminal convictions.

“My life used to be all about what I’d do to get gear,” says Lisa, who is from Drogheda. “I was a robot, not living, just existing. But now I know in my heart I’ll never go to prison again.”