Number of homeless drug addicts living in tents around Grafton Street area, High Court hears
The case returned before the court on Wednesday when Ms Justice Melanie Greally was told by Michael Lynn SC, with Brendan Hennessy BL, that a place had been found. The judge adjourned the matter for mention in January.
In the proceedings, it was claimed the boy was put into secure care a year ago by the High Court at the Ballydowd unit in Lucan, Co Dublin. While he was initially involved in assaults and threats on staff, property damage and absconding, he made significant progress over the next 10 months and was discharged to a non-secure residential care unit in October.
But he soon regressed and began to abscond frequently back to his home area until he was assaulted by his local peer group. He then started to frequent Dublin city centre where he joined a group of homeless males who are known crack cocaine users living in tents around Grafton Street. Tusla staff frequently collected him from the city centre but he would jump from the moving car while on its way back to his care unit, it is claimed.
It was suspected he has been using crack cocaine which could have lethal consequences for him, particularly as he has not been taking his epilepsy medication. His parents, social worker and guardian all agreed there is a significant risk to his life.
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