Questions linger over how former Christian brother Edward Bryan, jailed last month for sexual offences, remained working with young offenders for so long - and whether it should have been handled differently, writes Noel Baker

A teenager who launched an unprovoked attack on a Mexican national that resulted in the victim losing half of both his front teeth has been jailed for 18 months.

It will begin with a GYDP Action Research Project that will work with 15 GYDPs across 10 counties over a two-year period in order to identify and disseminate best practice in working with young people at risk.

Assaults on prison officers by inmates have increased over the last three years – but representatives claim the figures still do not capture the full scale of violence.

A worker at Oberstown Children Detention Campus for young offenders has been sacked after an incident in which a teenage detainee suffered injuries to his head and right ear.

As a strategic plan for Oberstown Detention Campus is launched today, progress is already underway to ensure the interests of the child are central to everything done at the facility.

Handcuffs are only used on young offenders held in the Oberstown child detention facility in extreme circumstances, its director has insisted.

Data on teenagers at the country’s main children detention campus has found that more than half were in care or known to the care system, and more than 40% were considered to be at risk of abuse and neglect.

Latest: Concerns are being raised about the use of "single separation" at the Oberstown Children Detention Campus in North Dublin.

From today young offenders in Ireland will no longer be sent to adult prisons.

Minister for Children Katherine Zappone has confirmed there are seven employees of Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, currently under suspension.

Record number of complaints show complexities of children’s lives.

Violence, a rooftop fire, rioting, and industrial unrest — Oberstown Children’s Detention Campus had a bad week. With relations between management and unions at a low ebb, director Pat Bergin says some staff are unhappy with the rate and nature of workplace change

The Workplace Relations Commission will this morning seek a resolution to the dispute over health and safety at the Oberstown Children Detention Campus which yesterday saw occupants locked in their rooms for four hours due to a staff work-to-rule.

The manager of Oberstown Children Detention Campus has said riot gear for staff is not the answer to issues at the facility as workers veer towards possible industrial action.