The Board of the Oberstown Children Detention Campus is defending the decision not to publish a report into the facility.

The country’s main youth detention centre is down seven staff on any given week due to absenteeism, with new figures showing 1,668 rostered days — roughly seven staff a week —lost there last year.

Update 2pm: Management at Oberstown Children Detention Campus say today's industrial action is posing a serious health and safety risk.

The Children's Minister is coming under pressure to tackle staff shortages at Oberstown Detention Centre.

One young person had to be treated in hospital after an incident with another detainee at the Oberstown detention centre in Dublin last night.