Oberstown children paint a brighter future with gardaí

A mural created by young people at Oberstown Children Detention Campus and members of An Garda Síochána has been unveiled in north Dublin.

The artwork project, facilitated by Gaisce - The President's Award, is aimed at building trust and empathy between young people and gardaí.It is the result of a collaboration between some of the young people in Oberstown and community gardaí in Balbriggan. The image is designed to capture the community element of policing and the importance of strong relations between the police service and their communities.Individual art pieces, drawn by the young people and gardaí with symbols of their lives, have also been put on display in the public office of the garda station.

A second 200 metre mural, the"Breath of Fresh Éire", was painted at Balbriggan Rugby Club to represent the evolving community that makes up the area.The organisers said the project is representative of wider efforts to develop a more collaborative and community approach to policing in Ireland. After its period of display in Balbriggan, the Outreach mural will be given a permanent home at the Garda Training College in Templemore, Co Tipperary, where it is hoped the message it contains will be passed on to future generations of gardaí.

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