This factsheet is an extract from the publication Know Your Rights: The Rights of Children and Young People published by the Children's Rights Alliance. It is reproduced here with their kind permission. Know Your Rights is a public information project designed to inform everyone, in plain language, of the rights and entitlements children have in Ireland and where to go when they are not respected.
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Q1. When can you be searched by a Garda without a warrant?
Q2. The Gardaí can search your car if they have a good reason to think that:
Q3. When can a Garda enter my home without my consent?
Q4. When are security guards allowed to search you?
Q5. Can the Gardaí arrest me if I am under 18?
Q6. When can the Gardaí question me on my own if I am under 18?
Q7. When can the Gardaí refuse to let my parent or guardian sit in if I am being questioned when under 18?
Q8. If I am arrested under the age of 18 will I be held with adults?
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Published June 17th, 2020
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