Court told if vulnerable girl 'doesn’t kill herself, she will kill someone else'

The teenager is one of six children currently without a special care bed

Highly troubled and vulnerable children aged 11 to 17 can be detained in a secure care unit, known as special care, on foot of a High Court order sought by Tusla. File picture 

A vulnerable minor is at risk of fatally harming herself or someone else if Tusla does not comply with a court order directing the agency to place her in secure care, the High Court has heard.

Tusla, the child and family agency, has not complied with the order due to a lack of available beds in the State’s three secure care units.