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	Two youths were involved in a stand off with more than a dozen riot police at Oberstown detention centre on Monday night.</p>
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	The two teenage males were standing on top of a roof near the front entrance of the centre.</p>
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	Three garda public order units, two garda cars and a Dublin Fire Brigade were called to the scene.</p>
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	Members of the gardai were understood to be negotiating with the pair to come down from the roof, with a ladder placed at the wall leading down.</p>
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	It&#39;s believed the two young men took a swipe card from an employee at Oberstown and gained access to weapons such as screwdrivers, blades and drills.</p>
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	Part of the campus is on lock-down following the incident.</p>
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	Gardai confirmed they are investigating am ongoing incident in Oberstown but would not provide any further detail until the issue has been resolved.</p>
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	(Published by the Irish Independent on the 1st November 2016)</p>
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	<a href="http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/oberstown-in-lockdown-as-gardai-engage-in-standoff-with-two-inmates-with-weapons-35177698.html">http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/oberstown-in-lockdown-as-gardai-engage-in-standoff-with-two-inmates-with-weapons-35177698.html</a></p>
