Why staff at Oberstown Children Detention Centre have had enough
Staff at Oberstown Children Detention Campus are set to strike again on Tuesday the 25th of August.
It will be their fourth work stoppage this summer over plans to expand the capacity of the north Dublin facility for young offenders.
Members of the Fórsa trade union have already taken to the picket line this week in a protest relating to staffing levels, saying they’re “running on fumes.”
While acknowledging that management have made progress in hiring 11 new staff, they believe recent high profile events, such as wrong-way motorway driving, will further heap pressure to find beds for…
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