# oberstown - Tuesday 26 October, 2021
# Dublin Children's Court
# Dublin Children's Court
The 17-year-old boy pleaded guilty to causing €5,992 worth of criminal damage .
# oberstown - Monday 26 April, 2021
# Dublin Children's Court
# Dublin Children's Court
The Dublin Children’s Court was told the pair “hit the injured party a number of times while in Oberstown Detention Centre.”
# oberstown - Wednesday 16 December, 2020
# Central Criminal Court
# Central Criminal Court
The 17-year-old pleaded guilty in August to the murder of Glen ‘Ossie’ Osborne in Dublin.
# oberstown - Thursday 15 October, 2020
# Mixed Gender Units
# Mixed Gender Units
Staff have flagged their opposition to the move.
# oberstown - Tuesday 26 May, 2020
# Boy A
# Boy A
The incident happened on Sunday evening.
# oberstown - Sunday 10 May, 2020
# Oberstown
# Oberstown
The instruction came into effect on Wednesday.
# oberstown - Thursday 7 May, 2020
# Youth Detention
# Youth Detention
A group of four residents barricaded themselves in the kitchen area of the facility.
# oberstown - Monday 20 April, 2020
# Courts
# Courts
The prison term will be reviewed in 2032.
# oberstown - Tuesday 7 January, 2020
# Oberstown
# Oberstown
A Hiqa report said the use of these practices should be further reduced.
# oberstown - Sunday 21 April, 2019
# Column
# Column
‘I have no problem with due process, but when this gets in the way of truth and allows a culture of secrecy and collusion to continue, then we need to re-evaluate’, writes Shane Dunphy.
# oberstown - Saturday 16 February, 2019
# Concerning
# Concerning
A senior union official has said the situation has improved considerably recently, but the numbers have been described as “deeply concerned”.
# oberstown - Monday 24 September, 2018
# Courts
# Courts
He claims that on three occasions since July he has been disciplined and placed in solitary confinement as punishment.
# oberstown - Friday 3 August, 2018
# Youth Detention
# Youth Detention
An ice cream van visits the campus every Thursday.
# oberstown - Saturday 28 July, 2018
# Oberstown
# Oberstown
On one occasion Michael Ward set fire to a room.
# oberstown - Sunday 22 July, 2018
# Dublin
# Dublin
The teenager is involved with an organised crime gang.
# oberstown - Sunday 8 July, 2018
# Oberstown
# Oberstown
The incident happened on Friday night.
# oberstown - Saturday 7 July, 2018
# Criminal Damage
# Criminal Damage
The damage caused some delays for people in A&E.
# oberstown - Thursday 7 June, 2018
# Courts
# Courts
The teenagers threatened their teacher with hammers before proceeding to smash “anything they could get their hands”, a court was told.
# oberstown - Thursday 3 May, 2018
# Courts
# Courts
During the incident a roof was set on fire and missiles were thrown at staff, gardaí and fire officers.
# oberstown - Saturday 23 December, 2017
# Oberstown
# Oberstown
However, Pat Bergin told TheJournal.ie that the system is more capable of handling those bad days now.
# oberstown - Thursday 26 October, 2017
# Study
# Study
This is according to the a new study into the detainees of the centre.
# oberstown - Saturday 15 July, 2017
# Institutionalised
# Institutionalised
The 15-year-old is due to be sentenced for one count of robbery later this month.
# oberstown - Friday 30 June, 2017
# Detention
# Detention
Two incidents were resolved successfully, said the director of Oberstown .
# oberstown - Saturday 17 June, 2017
# Fresh Start
# Fresh Start
Oberstown homes the most prolific young offenders in Ireland, but this new scheme wants to keep them in their community.
# oberstown - Sunday 4 June, 2017
# Detention Centre
# Detention Centre
“It provided a stark reminder of the constant challenges an environment like Oberstown presents us with.”
# oberstown - Wednesday 31 May, 2017
# Escape
# Escape
Three inmates had escaped on Monday.
# oberstown - Tuesday 30 May, 2017
# Oberstown
# Oberstown
Three residents had taken over an office on the campus.
# oberstown - Monday 29 May, 2017
# Youth Detention
# Youth Detention
The number of young people being detained in Oberstown has dropped over the past 12 months.
# oberstown - Thursday 2 February, 2017
# Unruly
# Unruly
The boy, now aged 17, has yet to make a plea.
# oberstown - Thursday 1 December, 2016
# Critical Assaults
# Critical Assaults
IMPACT trade union claimed staff at the facility were not given proper protective gear when dealing with violent detainees.
# oberstown - Tuesday 1 November, 2016
# Oberstown
# Oberstown
The incident happened at 10.30pm last night.
# oberstown - Friday 23 September, 2016
# High Court
# High Court
The High Court heard today there was another ‘serious disturbance’ at the youth detention centre this week.
# oberstown - Tuesday 20 September, 2016
# Oberstown
# Oberstown
The High Court was told today alleged confinement at the youth detention centre stems from what can only be described as a riot.
# oberstown - Monday 19 September, 2016
# High Court
# High Court
The teenage boy is the fourth to bring a High Court challenge over allegedly being kept in solitary confinement.
# Children's Affairs
# Children's Affairs
The review will be conducted by two international experts and will focus on the capacity of the centre to deliver high standards of care.
# oberstown - Thursday 15 September, 2016
# Court
# Court
The case was heard in court today.
# oberstown - Tuesday 13 September, 2016
# Oberstown
# Oberstown
The boys have been confined since a number of inmates gained access to the roof of the building.
# oberstown - Friday 2 September, 2016
# No Strike
# No Strike
The campus had made headlines this week after a fire and violence that broke out at the facility on Monday.
# oberstown - Thursday 1 September, 2016
# Ursula Kilkelly
# Ursula Kilkelly
The Garda Emergency Response Unit (ERU) was called to the scene to quell Monday’s trouble, which saw a staff member injured.
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