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Thu 11 Nov 2009HSE to close child detention unit
The closure of a special detention care unit that cares for the needs of young people with serious emotional and behavioural problems shows that lessons of the Ryan report "have not been learned", Fine Gael has claimed.
The 24-bed special care detention unit at Ballydowd, Palmerstown, Co Dublin, will be closed following a report into standards at the unit by the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA).
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