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Friday 23 October 2020
His comments come after reports over the weekend described one centre in Texas as filled with hundreds of children wearing filthy clothes.
Meanwhile, Tánaiste Simon Coveney has condemned the attack.
On one occasion Michael Ward set fire to a room.
BBC Panorama captured footage of the staff members in question.
“It provided a stark reminder of the constant challenges an environment like Oberstown presents us with.”
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The boys have been confined since a number of inmates gained access to the roof of the building.
Five units of the Dublin Fire Brigade are at the scene to try and contain the blaze.
Two had remained at large last night but have since been found.
26-year-old Bernard Lee from Greystones has been detained at the notorious Yongah Hill Immigration Detention Centre near Perth.
The incident started yesterday afternoon.
A HIQA report also found staff excessively used single separation, with one child locked in a room for 83 hours over four days.
In January 2009, Barack Obama signed an executive order to close the notorious detention centre at Guantánamo Bay. Five years on, detainees remain uncharged and subjected to waterboarding, prolonged isolation and force feeding.
The ruling by a High Court judge today closes a gap in the law which meant teenagers had to serve full sentences, even though adults don’t.
A HIQA report into Oberstown House detention school has found that the school has met all of the 13 recommendations set out in an action plan.
He was moved to hospital after he was found lying on the floor with chest pains in the room where he was being detained.
The report said there has been no outcome from a complaint to the Garda Ombudsman and there was “little external advocacy and intervention” on behalf of the young person involved.
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Alan Shatter has shelved plans for a new detention centre near Lusk, but has been attacked from many sides for doing so.
Police fired ‘bean bag’ rounds and used tear gas canisters to gain control over the centre last night.
AS THE COUNTRY enters Level 5 restrictions for the next six weeks, we’ll all be finding different ways to occupy our time or take a break from work.
In April and May, many people put their trainers on and went for long walks, jogs or runs. Others took a dip in the sea.
With restrictions now in place, we want to know: Do you plan to exercise more over the next six weeks?
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