Boys are back in town: Catch up with the Young Offenders cast before they're back on our screens

Ellie O’Byrne went on set in Cork with The Young Offenders in advance of their return to our TV screens next week

IN THE Commons Inn in Cork’s Blackpool, Jennie Readman is sitting in a small anteroom, watching a screen intently. Readman, a West Cork screen hairstylist, received an Emmy nomination for her work on the Irish-filmed Vikings TV show, but she’s also the woman behind The Young Offenders’ iconic “scut cuts.” She’s on set to watch her creations in action; filming on this round of The Young Offenders TV series is coming to a close. The scene Readman is watching is a bathroom scene on a closed set, so she’s watching via a monitor.