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Prison Officers
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Prison Overcrowding
Head of prison officer group says overcrowding is putting staff and prisoners 'at risk'
Updated 27 Apr 2023
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protection
Security systems installed in homes of Mountjoy prison officers following death threats
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Search begins for new officers with "tolerance and humanity" to work in Irish prisons
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Prison officers to undergo tests after being bitten by convicted 'HIV positive' rapist
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Intimidation and bullying: How Ireland's gangs affect the country's entire prison population
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Violent prisoner getting his own garden also allowed personal, private access to gym and shop
29 Apr 2016
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vicious assaults
Snapshot of an Irish prison: Officers being slashed and having human excrement thrown at them
28 Apr 2016
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No Support
Officers "on the breadline" because of pay cuts after attacks from prisoners
28 Apr 2016
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Riot
Asylum seeker horribly beaten in Cloverhill is the Afghan man found at side of motorway
30 Jul 2015
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wildcat
Dozens of prison drivers 'forgot' to bring their licences to work today
29 Jul 2015
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Attack
Four prison officers injured in attack at reception of Cloverhill
2 Jul 2015
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Clondalkin
Driver attempts to run over prison officers as they leave Cloverhill
28 Jun 2015
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Downgrade
Prison officers will have to travel hours with inmates if Portlaoise A&E closes
10 Jun 2015
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Mountjoy
Prison officers hospitalised after being attacked with brush handles
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Attack
Officers stabbed by escaped prisoner Derek Brockwell receive letter about their sick leave
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Cloverhill Prison
Large knife found in toilet at Tallaght Hospital as a prisoner was being transferred
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Let them eat cake
Prisoner who attacked officers 150 times got a birthday cake while on punishment
7 May 2015
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Behind Bars
Six stabbings in six weeks: Prisons are 'the most dangerous workplaces' in Ireland
7 May 2015
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Work to Rule
Prison officers vote on industrial action is "an opening salvo"
11 Mar 2015
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Safety
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Manhunt: Gardaí search for dangerous escaped prisoner Derek Brockwell after hospital attack
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Prison Officers
Isolating 'puppet master' gang leaders should stem the supply of drugs in prisons
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State Papers
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Equality Tribunal
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Young offenders
Moving inmates from St Pat's to adult prison "won't make one iota of difference"
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Young offenders
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