# 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'
Updated
27 Apr 2023
9.7k
27
All time
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
26.1k
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
99
Portlaoise
Prison officers to undergo tests after being bitten by convicted 'HIV positive' rapist
4 May 2016
25.6k
104
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
20.9k
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
39.6k
75
wildcat
Dozens of prison drivers 'forgot' to bring their licences to work today
29 Jul 2015
25.3k
51
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
Attack
Officers stabbed by escaped prisoner Derek Brockwell receive letter about their sick leave
16 May 2015
34.6k
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
50
Behind Bars
Six stabbings in six weeks: Prisons are 'the most dangerous workplaces' in Ireland
7 May 2015
10.3k
10
strike looming
'Luas security guards have better stab vests than prison officers'
4 Mar 2015
13.2k
29
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
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
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
18.5k
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
5.3k
22
Young offenders
“The culture has not changed” – St Patrick’s Institution finally gets closed down
3 Jul 2013
15.8k
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