Judge: Forcing teen girl to travel to Britain for specialist care 'disgraceful' 

Overseas placement costs 'in the order of tens and tens of thousands of euro each month', but there is no place for the girl in Ireland

The court was told that the girl's life had been in jeopardy 'every single evening', and the judge said she was being exploited to an 'extraordinary degree'. 

A High Court judge has lambasted as “disgraceful” the need to send a 17-year-old girl to a specialist secure unit in Britain because there is no such place available for her in Ireland.

On Thursday, Mr Justice John Jordan “with reluctance and regret” discharged his order providing for the girl’s detention in an Irish special care unit after hearing she was transported to Britain in recent days.