Girls’ placement in secure unit ‘inappropriate’, says report

AN inspection of a secure unit for troubled teenage girls found eight absconded from care over a 10-month period, one for 17 days.

The high number of unauthorised absences prompted the Irish Social Services Inspectorate (ISSI) to recommend individual risk assessments to determine appropriate security levels for each of the girls.

All were resident in Gleann Álainn special care unit, in Glanmire, Cork.