The conference was organised by the Irish Penal Reform Trust, which published a report calling on the Department of Justice to devise a specific strategy for young adults to mirror the juvenile justice system.

A therapy service that claims huge success with troubled teens is in danger of closure because it is almost entirely reliant on charity despite getting most of its referrals from State agencies.

Sports stars Ronan O’Gara and Graham Canty will be caught up in the drama this weekend as one of the largest ever emergency services showcases in Ireland is staged.

Series five of Mad Men, the series set in the world of New York advertising in the 1960s, begins on RTÉ Two on Friday.