Detention centre records 200-plus incidents

There were more than 200 significant or critical incidents involving young people in the Oberstown youth detention facility in a period of less than three years, according to figures released by the Department of Children.

The statistics, provided under Freedom of Information, show that most of the incidents took place in the Oberstown Boys School, which is one of the three facilities on the same campus, operated within the department by the Irish Youth Justice Service.

Separately, Minister for Children James Reilly has revealed that, over the course of a three-year period, there were 62 assaults on staff at Oberstown.