It is open from 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday (closes 1pm to 2pm for lunch). It opens from 10am to 12pm on Saturdays on Sunday.
Telephone: 01 838 3236 and 01 868 3038
Directions to Ashton Pound
From M50 Go through the Toll Bridge heading Northbound.
Take your first exit after that marked for Blanchardstown – stay on the outside lane and take your 3rd exit off the roundabout
Go to the next roundabout and go through that (the travellodge will be on your left hand side).
Go down that road, when you come to the next roundabout take your first exit (when you turn the Halfway House pub will be on your right).
Go straight down that road over the rail tracks.
Go through the small roundabout and when you come to the crossroads turn left.
Travel about 200 meters up the road and the pound is through the first gates on your left hand side.
If she ends up being moved to the section "In fostercare" then she is under care of DID and they will process your application.
Good Luck!