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Sat 02 Feb 2006Care unit failed to act on fire safety advice - report
A recommendation to improve fire safety procedures at a special care unit in Dublin for troubled young people detained on foot of court orders had still not been acted on when the centre was inspected 11 months later, according to a new report.
The report from inspectors who visited the Ballydowd unit states that in November 2004 a recommendation was made that senior managers should consider adapting bedroom doors in the centre so they opened outward. Fire blankets in the corridors between bedrooms were also recommended. "Neither recommendation was implemented," the inspectors said.
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