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Mon 08 Aug 2010HSE to put children in secure unit it promised to close down
THE HEALTH Service Executive is planning to admit children into a secure unit for troubled children that it had pledged to close down following a damning report by social services inspectors.
In a special report last year, the Health Information and Quality Authority (Hiqa) strongly criticised care practices at Ballydowd in west Dublin and said the building was “no longer fit for purpose”.
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