# Prison Officers
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Last year
2023
Prison Overcrowding
Head of prison officer group says overcrowding is putting staff and prisoners 'at risk'
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Apr 27th 2023, 1:16 PM
All time
POA
Prison officers call for pay rise as prison service to break away from Department of Justice
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19.3k
Apr 27th 2022, 7:01 AM
Annual Report
Inspector of Prisons was refused entry to facility by officer who 'appeared to be intoxicated'
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44.0k
Dec 16th 2019, 4:06 PM
inside mountjoy
'Prison is all about games. You have to play them right and you'll get out the other side'
26.1k
Feb 18th 2018, 10:00 PM
Prison Officers
The Dóchas female prison experienced the highest number of assaults by convicts on officers last year
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16.6k
Jul 17th 2017, 9:09 PM
protection
Security systems installed in homes of Mountjoy prison officers following death threats
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13.4k
Apr 29th 2017, 5:30 AM
Recruitment Drive
Search begins for new officers with "tolerance and humanity" to work in Irish prisons
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30.5k
Jul 8th 2016, 11:35 AM
Portlaoise
Prison officers to undergo tests after being bitten by convicted 'HIV positive' rapist
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May 4th 2016, 1:32 PM
intimidation
Intimidation and bullying: How Ireland's gangs affect the country's entire prison population
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Apr 30th 2016, 7:00 AM
warren dumbrell
Violent prisoner getting his own garden also allowed personal, private access to gym and shop
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20.9k
Apr 29th 2016, 6:10 AM
vicious assaults
Snapshot of an Irish prison: Officers being slashed and having human excrement thrown at them
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20.3k
Apr 28th 2016, 7:58 PM
No Support
Officers "on the breadline" because of pay cuts after attacks from prisoners
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14.9k
Apr 28th 2016, 3:04 PM
Riot
Asylum seeker horribly beaten in Cloverhill is the Afghan man found at side of motorway
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Jul 30th 2015, 4:40 PM
wildcat
Dozens of prison drivers 'forgot' to bring their licences to work today
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25.3k
Jul 29th 2015, 5:52 PM
Attack
Four prison officers injured in attack at reception of Cloverhill
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Jul 2nd 2015, 8:54 PM
Clondalkin
Driver attempts to run over prison officers as they leave Cloverhill
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42.5k
Jun 28th 2015, 7:15 PM
Downgrade
Prison officers will have to travel hours with inmates if Portlaoise A&E closes
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6.3k
Jun 10th 2015, 10:25 PM
Mountjoy
Prison officers hospitalised after being attacked with brush handles
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16.2k
May 21st 2015, 2:23 PM
Attack
Officers stabbed by escaped prisoner Derek Brockwell receive letter about their sick leave
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34.6k
May 16th 2015, 7:30 AM
Cloverhill Prison
Large knife found in toilet at Tallaght Hospital as a prisoner was being transferred
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May 11th 2015, 9:01 AM
Let them eat cake
Prisoner who attacked officers 150 times got a birthday cake while on punishment
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15.9k
May 7th 2015, 3:41 PM
Behind Bars
Six stabbings in six weeks: Prisons are 'the most dangerous workplaces' in Ireland
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10.3k
May 7th 2015, 6:05 AM
Work to Rule
Prison officers vote on industrial action is "an opening salvo"
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10.7k
Mar 11th 2015, 7:15 PM
strike looming
'Luas security guards have better stab vests than prison officers'
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13.2k
Mar 4th 2015, 7:49 PM
derek brockwell
Manhunt: Gardaí search for dangerous escaped prisoner Derek Brockwell after hospital attack
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138k
Feb 17th 2015, 11:35 PM
Prison Officers
Isolating 'puppet master' gang leaders should stem the supply of drugs in prisons
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10.7k
Feb 7th 2015, 11:40 AM
Inspector of Prisons
Prison officers say they're told to "cover their arses"
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18.2k
Oct 9th 2014, 3:37 PM
Irish Prison Service
Prison officers announce work stoppages for two prisons later this month
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12.9k
Sep 4th 2014, 6:41 PM
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.
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10.3k
May 9th 2014, 8:28 AM
Jailed
Mountjoy prison officer had blood smeared over his face by prisoner
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21.0k
May 9th 2014, 7:00 AM
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.
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May 8th 2014, 8:20 AM
Irish Prison Service
Call for Ombudsman as prison officers subjected to 'malicious' complaints
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4.9k
May 8th 2014, 8:03 AM
State Papers
Maze prisoners badly treated by 'out of control' officers after IRA escape
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18.5k
Dec 27th 2013, 9:30 PM
Equality Tribunal
Prison officer recovering from cancer awarded €80,000 in employment tribunal case
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14.7k
Sep 17th 2013, 7:15 AM
Young offenders
Moving inmates from St Pat's to adult prison "won't make one iota of difference"
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5.3k
Jul 4th 2013, 7:30 AM
Young offenders
“The culture has not changed” – St Patrick’s Institution finally gets closed down
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Jul 3rd 2013, 8:17 PM