by Jennifer Hough | Aug 29, 2018 | News
Summertime in Oberstown can be a particularly difficult time for young people. School is out and young people want to be out and about. That’s where the Oberstown activities team comes in. Their job is to keep up to 50 teenagers occupied and happy during those long...
by Jennifer Hough | Aug 2, 2018 | Media, News
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...
by Jennifer Hough | Jun 28, 2018 | News
The Minister for Children and Youth Affairs has published the interim and final reports of the Oberstown Review Implementation Group. Upon publishing the reports Minister Katherine Zappone said, “I am delighted to publish the Interim and Final Reports of the Review...
by Jennifer Hough | Jun 18, 2018 | Media, News, Uncategorized
On June 14, Oberstown hosted an event to highlight the issues of mental health and substance misuse in young people in detention. Attended by a wide range of stakeholders, speakers at the event include Dr Tony Bates, Founding Director of Jigsaw, Tony Geoghegan, CEO...
by Oberstown | Jun 14, 2018 | News
Oberstown Deputy Director (Care Services) Lena Timoney was interviewed on Morning Ireland on Thursday morning, 14th June, about research into Key Characteristics of young people in detention in 2018, and previewed the stakeholder event on mental health and substance...
by Jennifer Hough | May 29, 2018 | News
President Michael D Higgins and his wife Sabina Higgins visited the Campus on Friday May 25 to present Gaisce awards to four young people. The event was a fantastic occasion involving young people and the staff who care for, and guide them through their time in...
by Jennifer Hough | May 22, 2018 | Media, News
On June 14, 2018, Oberstown is hosting an event to explore how we can better support young people in the areas of mental health and substance misuse in collaboration with community stakeholders and services. The event will be chaired by Professor Ursula Kilkelly,...
by Jennifer Hough | May 4, 2018 | News
A youth-friendly information booklet for young people produced by Oberstown has been warmly welcomed by the Oberstown Board of Management, staff on the ground –and indeed young people themselves. With young people’s views sprinkled throughout, the booklet gives...
by Jennifer Hough | Apr 30, 2018 | News, Uncategorized
Oberstown is recruiting, and the organisation is posing a simple question to candidates: ‘Do you want to make a difference in a young person’s life?’ As our own research has shown, Oberstown provides care to some of the State’s most vulnerable...
by Jennifer Hough | Mar 29, 2018 | News
Young people in Oberstown take part in a wide range of creative arts in school and during their after-school activities. Here’s a selection of some recent...
