Vulnerable disabled youth making five-hour trip to school in 'totally substandard' B&B arranangement

A “totally substandard” arrangement under which a vulnerable intellectually disabled adolescent is being accommodated in a Bed & Breakfast and makes a five-hour round trip daily to school cannot continue, the president of the High Court has said.

The arrangement has been described as “unsafe and unsuitable” for reasons including that, although the owner of the B&B has been Garda-vetted and is supportive of the youth, the transient users of the premises, including homeless users, are not vetted.