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Seven young people at Oberstown receive Gaisce Awards

01 August 19: Oberstown Children Detention Campus, this week, held a special awards ceremony to present seven young people with Bronze and Silver Gaisce – The President’s Awards. The seven recipients successfully completed their Gaisce challenges over the past 12...

Oberstown in the news

Oberstown featured in a number of news articles during December 2018. An article in the Irish Times focused on the services available to young people in Oberstown, such as mental health and addiction services and programmes including a teen parenting and sex education...

‘It takes a village to raise a child in detention’

An article by Chair of the Board Ursula Kilkelly, in the Irish Times in July 2018, outlines the need for Oberstown to work with community organisations to share knowledge, to increase awareness of the challenges faced by young people in detention and to foster greater...