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Prison Officers

    Irish Prisons
    Over 350 people are sleeping on mattresses on the floor in Irish prisons
    Muiris O'Cearbhaill
    reports from Galway
    Updated 21 hrs ago
    15.3k
    139
    France
    Huge manhunt in France after gunmen kill two prison officers and free inmate from prison van
    Updated 14 May 2024
    28.9k
    Prison Overcrowding
    Head of prison officer group says overcrowding is putting staff and prisoners 'at risk'
    Updated 27 Apr 2023
    9.7k
    27
    POA
    Prison officers call for pay rise as prison service to break away from Department of Justice
    27 Apr 2022
    19.4k
    7
    Annual Report
    Inspector of Prisons was refused entry to facility by officer who 'appeared to be intoxicated'
    16 Dec 2019
    44.0k
    43
    inside mountjoy
    'Prison is all about games. You have to play them right and you'll get out the other side'
    18 Feb 2018
    26.2k
    Prison Officers
    The Dóchas female prison experienced the highest number of assaults by convicts on officers last year
    17 Jul 2017
    16.6k
    25
    protection
    Security systems installed in homes of Mountjoy prison officers following death threats
    29 Apr 2017
    13.4k
    16
    Recruitment Drive
    Search begins for new officers with "tolerance and humanity" to work in Irish prisons
    8 Jul 2016
    30.5k
    100
    Portlaoise
    Prison officers to undergo tests after being bitten by convicted 'HIV positive' rapist
    4 May 2016
    25.6k
    101
    intimidation
    Intimidation and bullying: How Ireland's gangs affect the country's entire prison population
    30 Apr 2016
    10.1k
    37
    warren dumbrell
    Violent prisoner getting his own garden also allowed personal, private access to gym and shop
    29 Apr 2016
    21.0k
    84
    vicious assaults
    Snapshot of an Irish prison: Officers being slashed and having human excrement thrown at them
    28 Apr 2016
    20.3k
    57
    No Support
    Officers "on the breadline" because of pay cuts after attacks from prisoners
    28 Apr 2016
    14.9k
    50
    Riot
    Asylum seeker horribly beaten in Cloverhill is the Afghan man found at side of motorway
    30 Jul 2015
    39.7k
    75
    wildcat
    Dozens of prison drivers 'forgot' to bring their licences to work today
    29 Jul 2015
    25.4k
    51
    Attack
    Four prison officers injured in attack at reception of Cloverhill
    2 Jul 2015
    20.4k
    43
    Clondalkin
    Driver attempts to run over prison officers as they leave Cloverhill
    28 Jun 2015
    42.5k
    47
    Downgrade
    Prison officers will have to travel hours with inmates if Portlaoise A&E closes
    10 Jun 2015
    6.3k
    26
    Mountjoy
    Prison officers hospitalised after being attacked with brush handles
    21 May 2015
    16.3k
    48
    Attack
    Officers stabbed by escaped prisoner Derek Brockwell receive letter about their sick leave
    16 May 2015
    34.7k
    41
    Cloverhill Prison
    Large knife found in toilet at Tallaght Hospital as a prisoner was being transferred
    11 May 2015
    17.2k
    22
    Let them eat cake
    Prisoner who attacked officers 150 times got a birthday cake while on punishment
    7 May 2015
    15.9k
    51
    Behind Bars
    Six stabbings in six weeks: Prisons are 'the most dangerous workplaces' in Ireland
    7 May 2015
    10.3k
    10
    Work to Rule
    Prison officers vote on industrial action is "an opening salvo"
    11 Mar 2015
    10.7k
    36
    Safety
    Two prison officers injured at Midlands Prison
    8 Mar 2015
    34.3k
    48
    strike looming
    'Luas security guards have better stab vests than prison officers'
    4 Mar 2015
    13.2k
    30
    derek brockwell
    Manhunt: Gardaí search for dangerous escaped prisoner Derek Brockwell after hospital attack
    17 Feb 2015
    138k
    220
    Prison Officers
    Isolating 'puppet master' gang leaders should stem the supply of drugs in prisons
    7 Feb 2015
    10.7k
    49
    Good Morning
    The 9 at 9 Catch up as you wake up.
    18 Nov 2014
    8.1k
    1
    Inspector of Prisons
    Prison officers say they're told to "cover their arses"
    9 Oct 2014
    18.3k
    31
    Irish Prison Service
    Prison officers announce work stoppages for two prisons later this month
    4 Sep 2014
    12.9k
    58
    Good Morning
    The 9 at 9 Good Morning. It’s Friday and these are the nine stories you should know before 9 o’clock hits.
    9 May 2014
    10.3k
    3
    Jailed
    Mountjoy prison officer had blood smeared over his face by prisoner
    9 May 2014
    21.0k
    71
    Good Morning
    The 9 at 9 Good Morning. It’s Thursday and these are the nine stories you should know before 9 o’clock hits.
    8 May 2014
    7.8k
    1
    Irish Prison Service
    Call for Ombudsman as prison officers subjected to 'malicious' complaints
    8 May 2014
    4.9k
    10
    State Papers
    Maze prisoners badly treated by 'out of control' officers after IRA escape
    27 Dec 2013
    18.6k
    34
    Equality Tribunal
    Prison officer recovering from cancer awarded €80,000 in employment tribunal case
    17 Sep 2013
    14.7k
    38
    Young offenders
    Moving inmates from St Pat's to adult prison "won't make one iota of difference"
    4 Jul 2013
    5.4k
    22
    Young offenders
    “The culture has not changed” – St Patrick’s Institution finally gets closed down
    3 Jul 2013
    15.8k
    114
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