Almost one third of prisoners who are locked up 23 hours a day are aged 18 to 24, campaigners have revealed.

DURING the week RTÉ televised a fascinating documentary on of the discovery in Dublin of the priceless Caravaggio painting, The Betrayal of Christ. Its whereabouts had been a mystery for more than 200 years before it was found hanging in the dining room of the Jesuits’ house on Leeson Street, where it had been for some 60 years.

GARDAÍ said last night that a major fire at the Jesuit Order’s headquarters was caused by an arsonist who was seen carrying cans of petrol towards the building before it went up in flames.