Children don’t feel safe in care units

THE HSE’s standards watchdog this week published four comprehensive reports on special care units where troubled teenagers are detained in order to provide them with therapeutic interventions.

The ongoing serious concerns outlined in the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) reports, unfortunately, are not surprising.

For a long time now there have been rumblings from Ballydowd in Dublin, Cork’s Gleann Alainn, and Coovagh House, Limerick.