# detention centre

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Trump says migrant detention centres will be opened up to visits by journalists

His comments come after reports over the weekend described one centre in Texas as filled with hundreds of children wearing filthy clothes.

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Jul 8th 2019, 8:00 AM

# Libya

UN Security Council fails to condemn fatal attack on Libya migrant centre

Meanwhile, Tánaiste Simon Coveney has condemned the attack.

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Jul 4th 2019, 7:10 AM

# Oberstown

Teen who caused €50,000 in damage to detention centre jailed for four years

On one occasion Michael Ward set fire to a room.

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Jul 28th 2018, 6:00 AM

# G4S

Security firm suspends 9 staff members filmed 'abusing and assaulting' detention centre inmates

BBC Panorama captured footage of the staff members in question.

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Sep 1st 2017, 2:11 PM

# detention centre

Oberstown director injured during youth escape from campus says the centre is a 'constant challenge'

“It provided a stark reminder of the constant challenges an environment like Oberstown presents us with.”

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Jun 4th 2017, 3:48 PM

# legal limbo

White House to transfer prisoners out of Guantanamo despite Trump's demands

Trump has vowed to “load (Guantanamo) up with some bad dudes” .

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Jan 4th 2017, 7:08 AM

# Oberstown

Oberstown teens strip-searched and held in solitary confinement for almost two weeks

The boys have been confined since a number of inmates gained access to the roof of the building.

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Sep 13th 2016, 7:42 PM

# Oberstown

A fire is blazing on the roof of Oberstown's youth detention centre

Five units of the Dublin Fire Brigade are at the scene to try and contain the blaze.

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Aug 29th 2016, 9:40 PM

# Oberstown

Five teens apprehended after escaping from Dublin child detention centre

Two had remained at large last night but have since been found.

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Aug 14th 2016, 7:30 AM

# Perth

Irish man to be detained at infamous Australian immigration centre "for three months"

26-year-old Bernard Lee from Greystones has been detained at the notorious Yongah Hill Immigration Detention Centre near Perth.

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Jul 29th 2016, 9:21 AM

# Christmas Island

A riot is ongoing at an Australian migrant detention centre

The incident started yesterday afternoon.

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Nov 9th 2015, 9:34 AM

# Detention

Child restrained with handcuffs by five staff at Oberstown campus

A HIQA report also found staff excessively used single separation, with one child locked in a room for 83 hours over four days.

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Feb 23rd 2015, 12:05 PM

Voices

Column: The abuse a US President – and the world – chooses to ignore

In January 2009, Barack Obama signed an executive order to close the notorious detention centre at Guantánamo Bay. Five years on, detainees remain uncharged and subjected to waterboarding, prolonged isolation and force feeding.

Jan 22nd 2014, 7:00 AM

# Oberstown

Seven young offenders released as judge rules kids should get remission too

The ruling by a High Court judge today closes a gap in the law which meant teenagers had to serve full sentences, even though adults don’t.

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Dec 10th 2013, 8:18 PM

# Oberstown

Juvenile offenders were sent to their rooms for up to 2 hours a day

A HIQA report into Oberstown House detention school has found that the school has met all of the 13 recommendations set out in an action plan.

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May 30th 2013, 12:21 PM

# McAfee

McAfee hospitalised and denied asylum

He was moved to hospital after he was found lying on the floor with chest pains in the room where he was being detained.

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Dec 7th 2012, 2:24 PM

# Child Protection

HIQA report expresses concern over alleged abuse by Gardaí

The report said there has been no outcome from a complaint to the Garda Ombudsman and there was “little external advocacy and intervention” on behalf of the young person involved.

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Oct 11th 2012, 2:00 PM

Good Morning

The 9 at 9 Nine things you need to know this morning…

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Oct 11th 2012, 8:45 AM