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# youth-detention - Thursday 7 May, 2020
Public order gardaí sent to Oberstown after staff threatened with boiling water
A group of four residents barricaded themselves in the kitchen area of the facility.
# youth-detention - Friday 3 August, 2018
Staff at Oberstown in row with management because they refused to bring detainee for ice cream
An ice cream van visits the campus every Thursday.
# youth-detention - Saturday 23 December, 2017
'Difficult days in youth detention facilities are a fact of life'
However, Pat Bergin told TheJournal.ie that the system is more capable of handling those bad days now.
# youth-detention - Thursday 6 July, 2017
Call for reports into Oberstown youth detention centre to be published
Last August saw a massive fire at the facility after young offenders climbed on the roof to protest.
# youth-detention - Sunday 4 June, 2017
A year after 'sea-change' is Ireland better at dealing with young offenders?
And how are we doing it?
# youth-detention - Wednesday 31 May, 2017
One child caught and returned to Oberstown but another is still on the run
Three inmates had escaped on Monday.
# youth-detention - Tuesday 30 May, 2017
Two young people remain missing after absconding from Oberstown campus
Three residents had taken over an office on the campus.
# youth-detention - Monday 29 May, 2017
After a fire, violence and a strike Oberstown 'making real progress'
The number of young people being detained in Oberstown has dropped over the past 12 months.
# youth-detention - Thursday 1 September, 2016
Oberstown management calls on staff to defer further strike action following disturbances
The Garda Emergency Response Unit (ERU) was called to the scene to quell Monday’s trouble, which saw a staff member injured.
# youth-detention - Tuesday 26 July, 2016
'Stripped, tear-gassed and strapped to a chair': Shock at treatment of children in Australian detention centre
A royal commission is being established after a TV investigation aired last night.
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Open Letter from Ireland's psychologists: 'Direct Provision is causing untold psychological harm'
By Psychologists for Social Change Ireland
“As a country we must do better,” according to about 150 signatories.
What we can learn from the world's 'Blue Zones' - where people regularly live into their 90s and 100s
By Professor Ciaran O’Boyle
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