The president of the High Court has welcomed news that an "unacceptable" arrangement under which a vulnerable intellectually disabled youth was living in B&B premises and making a five-hour round trip to school daily has been replaced by a more suitable arrangement. Mr Justice Kelly said he was very glad this had happened as the B&B situation was "completely inappropriate" and "unacceptable" given the youth's needs and disability. Earlier, Ms Dillon told the judge she had "good news". The court heard the youth was moved in recent days from the B&B to an interim supervised facility from where he will be moved next week to a residential care arrangement. Concerns were expressed about the suitability and safety of the B&B arrangement for reasons including, while the owner of the B&B has been Garda vetted, a B&B has transient users who are not vetted.

Source: Irish Examiner April 12, 2019 12:45 UTC