Greentown Programme extended for further three years

The Minister for Justice Helen McEntee and the Minister of State for Youth Justice James Browne have today announced a three year extension to the Greentown Programme. The Programme has been working on a trial basis for the past two years, in two local areas, aiming to reduce and disrupt the influence of criminal networks on children, as well as to provide supports for the positive development of the affected children.

The Greentown Programme was designed for the Irish context by the REPPP in the University of Limerick with the assistance of international experts. The programme not only aims to disrupt criminal networks in their recruitment of children into these networks but also offers an intensive programme to support children, young people and their families.

Extension of the Programme for a further 3 years will reduce the influence of criminal networks on children at risk of involvement in crime and improve the likelihood of pro-social outcomes for children who are already involved in criminal networks.

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