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Oberstown welcomes 2023 HIQA inspection report

Oberstown Children Detention Campus (Oberstown) has welcomed the findings of a 2023 inspection by the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA). During the inspection, conducted during the period 12 – 14 September 2023, HIQA inspectors spoke with young...

Oberstown Annual Report 2022

The Oberstown Annual Report 2022 is a unique public record of the operation of the campus in 2022, presenting the achievements, events and developments in the service over the year. Highlights include: Publishing the Oberstown Strategy 2022-2026, a key milestone in...

Art Connects – Oberstown artworks in Lusk Community Cultural Centre

Lusk Community Cultural Centre hosted Art Connects, an exhibition of paintings created by young people in Oberstown Children Detention Campus. The show ran from Monday 14 November to Sunday 20 November 2022 and was a community initiative to mark Fingal Inclusion Week...

Oberstown Strategy 2022-2026

November 2022. Oberstown Children Detention Campus has published its new Strategy 2022-2026, endorsed by the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Roderic O’Gorman, TD. The Strategy aims to fulfil Oberstown’s vision of providing...

Oberstown Annual Report 2021

The Oberstown Annual Report 2021 is a comprehensive account of the implementation during 2021 of national law and policy as well as Oberstown strategy. It outlines key developments, including the appointment of a new Director and the implementation of the Oberstown...

IMMA exhibition features Oberstown artists

The Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA) staged an exhibition of original artworks created by young people in Oberstown. The works were on display in IMMA’s Project Spaces at Kilmainham, Dublin, between Tuesday 26 April and Sunday 8 May 2022. The exhibition,...

Developing skills and potential

Oberstown’s skills-based training and activities programme gives young people opportunities to acquire practical skills and develop positive educational and recreational interests.