# oberstown - Saturday 16 February, 2019
A senior union official has said the situation has improved considerably recently, but the numbers have been described as “deeply concerned”.
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# oberstown - Monday 24 September, 2018
He claims that on three occasions since July he has been disciplined and placed in solitary confinement as punishment.
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# oberstown - Friday 3 August, 2018
An ice cream van visits the campus every Thursday.
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# oberstown - Saturday 28 July, 2018
On one occasion Michael Ward set fire to a room.
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# oberstown - Sunday 22 July, 2018
The teenager is involved with an organised crime gang.
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# oberstown - Sunday 8 July, 2018
The incident happened on Friday night.
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# oberstown - Saturday 7 July, 2018
The damage caused some delays for people in A&E.
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# oberstown - Thursday 7 June, 2018
The teenagers threatened their teacher with hammers before proceeding to smash “anything they could get their hands”, a court was told.
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# oberstown - Thursday 3 May, 2018
During the incident a roof was set on fire and missiles were thrown at staff, gardaí and fire officers.
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# oberstown - Saturday 23 December, 2017
However, Pat Bergin told TheJournal.ie that the system is more capable of handling those bad days now.
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# oberstown - Thursday 26 October, 2017
This is according to the a new study into the detainees of the centre.
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# oberstown - Saturday 15 July, 2017
The 15-year-old is due to be sentenced for one count of robbery later this month.
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# oberstown - Friday 30 June, 2017
Two incidents were resolved successfully, said the director of Oberstown.
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# oberstown - Saturday 17 June, 2017
Oberstown homes the most prolific young offenders in Ireland, but this new scheme wants to keep them in their community.
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# oberstown - Sunday 4 June, 2017
And how are we doing it?
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“It provided a stark reminder of the constant challenges an environment like Oberstown presents us with.”
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# oberstown - Wednesday 31 May, 2017
Three inmates had escaped on Monday.
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# oberstown - Tuesday 30 May, 2017
Three residents had taken over an office on the campus.
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# oberstown - Monday 29 May, 2017
The number of young people being detained in Oberstown has dropped over the past 12 months.
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# oberstown - Thursday 2 February, 2017
The boy, now aged 17, has yet to make a plea.
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# oberstown - Thursday 1 December, 2016
IMPACT trade union claimed staff at the facility were not given proper protective gear when dealing with violent detainees.
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# oberstown - Tuesday 1 November, 2016
The incident happened at 10.30pm last night.
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# oberstown - Friday 23 September, 2016
The High Court heard today there was another ‘serious disturbance’ at the youth detention centre this week.
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# oberstown - Tuesday 20 September, 2016
The High Court was told today alleged confinement at the youth detention centre stems from what can only be described as a riot.
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# oberstown - Monday 19 September, 2016
The teenage boy is the fourth to bring a High Court challenge over allegedly being kept in solitary confinement.
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The review will be conducted by two international experts and will focus on the capacity of the centre to deliver high standards of care.
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# oberstown - Thursday 15 September, 2016
The case was heard in court today.
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# oberstown - Tuesday 13 September, 2016
The boys have been confined since a number of inmates gained access to the roof of the building.
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# oberstown - Friday 2 September, 2016
The campus had made headlines this week after a fire and violence that broke out at the facility on Monday.
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# oberstown - Thursday 1 September, 2016
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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# oberstown - Tuesday 30 August, 2016
Firefighters only noticed items were missing when they went to get changed at the end of their shift early this morning.
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A member of staff was injured during the disturbance.
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# oberstown - Monday 29 August, 2016
Five units of the Dublin Fire Brigade are at the scene to try and contain the blaze.
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# oberstown - Sunday 14 August, 2016
Two had remained at large last night but have since been found.
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# oberstown - Wednesday 22 June, 2016
The facility failed to meet nine out of 10 standards in a recent HIQA inspection.
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# oberstown - Tuesday 31 May, 2016
Members of Siptu and Impact are taking the action today.
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# oberstown - Wednesday 25 May, 2016
Unions say care workers are at risk of assaults in their jobs every day.
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# oberstown - Monday 16 May, 2016
There were 100 violent incidents at Oberstown last year.
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# oberstown - Saturday 27 February, 2016
A source within the facility said staff had to assist gardaí in restraining them.
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# oberstown - Thursday 20 August, 2015
Three staff who tried to intervene were also injured.
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