Lack of child detention centre outside Dublin to be raised in EU court

The lack of a children’s detention centre outside of Dublin is to be raised in the European Court of Human Rights by Cork County Council.

Councillors unanimously backed a motion to seek the court’s views after calls to set up a detention centre in Co Cork were rejected by the Department of Children and Youth Affairs.

The motion was tabled by former social worker Cllr Noel Collins, who has repeatedly criticised overcrowding at the only detention centre in the country.