€2.8k a day to detain youths in Ireland

It costs almost €2,800 per day to detain a juvenile offender in Ireland — almost 10 times as much as the European average — according to a Council of Europe report.

The next highest in terms of cost is the North, at €900 per day, followed by the Netherlands, at €608.

Although there is no figure for 29 of the 53 jurisdictions covered, the Council of Europe said the cost in Ireland was “by far the highest” across Europe.