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Youth Justice Policy in Ireland – Where to next?

The 4th Annual Irish Criminal Justice Agencies (ICJA) Conference takes place on Tuesday, July 4 at Dublin Castle. The conference, titled “Youth Justice Policy in Ireland. Where to next?”, features talks from Professor Ursula Kilkelly, (available...

Social Care Workers registration

On May 31, 2017, the Social Care Workers Registration Board launched the Standards of Proficiency for Social Care Workers and Criteria for Education and Training Programmes. The launch was an important step towards opening the register for social care workers. All the...

Statement from Oberstown director regarding incident of May 30

Statement from Oberstown director Pat Bergin: “On May 30 an incident occurred at Oberstown Campus involving three young people. Two of those involved in the incident left the Campus. They have now been returned to the Campus. We will not be issuing further detail on...

Presentations from Building the Future

On May 29, Oberstown gathered together with stakeholders, staff, partners and politicians, in order to outline its vision for the future. A number of internal and external speakers made presentations on the day. All of those presentations can now be found here.

Updated Press Statement, May 31

We can confirm that Oberstown Campus has been notified by an Garda Síochána that one young person who left the Campus on May 30 has been located and is being returned to the Campus. The Gardaí are continuing the search for the second young person. As this is a live...