Oberstown youth detention facility making ‘clear progress’

The country’s youth detention facility is on the right track despite some difficulties in recent years, according to the latest Oberstown annual report.

The report for 2016/17 has been laid before the Oireachtas, and Dr Ursula Kilkelly, chair of the Board of Management of Oberstown Children Detention Campus, wrote in the report foreword: “There is no doubt that the Campus experienced some very serious challenges in 2016 and 2017.”