Case No. 1366Assault · Co. Dublin · 6 Jul 2025
Oberstown staff member punched in face by young person in exercise yard
A staff member at Oberstown Children Detention Campus was hospitalised with a suspected facial fracture after being punched in the face by a young person in the exercise yard on 6 July 2025. The Forsa trade union reported the incident and raised concerns about insufficient staffing levels at the campus.
- Reported8 Jul
- Arrested
- Charged
- In court
- Verdict
- Sentenced
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Key facts
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- whatA staff member at Oberstown was hospitalised following an assault by a young person. (irishtimes.com)
- whatThe staff member was punched in the face several times in an unprovoked attack. (irishtimes.com)
- whatThe staff member was X-rayed for a suspected facial fracture. (irishtimes.com)
- otherThe young person has been involved in previous violent incidents on the campus. (irishtimes.com)
- otherNine staff were injured in an incident involving a young person less than a month earlier, during which improvised weapons were used. (irishtimes.com)
The reporting
newest first- 8 Jul2025Oberstown staff member ‘punched in face in unprovoked attack’ by young person, union says
First report of the assault; includes Forsa union comments on staffing levels and findings from a workplace culture report by Forvis Mazars.
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