Person: Alan Garvey

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The Tuesday Poem: Gathering Dust

All over our home we’re gathering dust like abandoned cars clothed in sea-air rust or kitchen table peppered with tobacco ash; our aged home-made bookcase fades to grey, a veil has settled on this life of me and you.

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Prison officer succeeds in preventing action

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Wexford look to banish all talk of a Galway clean sweep

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Two changes for Galway intermediate side

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Healy included in under-21 side

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Club v county row undermining Antrim’s U21 hopes

Prison officer acquitted of assault on inmate

A prison officer has been acquitted by a Dublin Circuit Criminal Court jury of breaking the jaw of a prisoner in Mountjoy Jail.

Sun, 24 Mar, 2002

Jury to discuss Mountjoy case again

Deliberations over the case of a prisoner officer accused of assaulting a prisoner in Mountjoy jail continue today.

Sun, 24 Mar, 2002

Prisoner had knife in his cell, court hears

A prison officer said a report described as "kosher" was shown to him which claimed the prisoner who allegedly had his jaw broken by a colleague had a knife in his cell.

Tue, 19 Mar, 2002

Prison officer denies approaching alleged victim

The prison officer accused of breaking the jaw of a prisoner in Mountjoy

Fri, 15 Mar, 2002

Detective heard of alleged assault from prisoner's mother

The detective who investigated the alleged assault on a prisoner by a prison officer in Mountjoy told the jury the gardai first heard about the incident from the victim's mother.

Wed, 13 Mar, 2002

Officer denies he tried to influence colleagues' statements

The supervising officer of a prisoner whose jaw was allegedly broken by a colleague has denied he tried to influence other officers' statements relating to the incident.

Mon, 11 Mar, 2002

Man says he was kicked in face by prison officer

The jury in the trial of a prison officer accused of breaking a prisoner's jaw heard the victim did not identify the accused in his statement to the gardai as the man who kicked him in the face.

Thu, 07 Mar, 2002

Prisoner identifies his alleged attacker

The prisoner whose jaw was allegedly broken by a kick from a prison officer has identified the accused to a jury as the man who assaulted him.

Wed, 06 Mar, 2002

Mountjoy prison officer alleged to have broken inmates jaw

A colleague of a prison officer who allegedly broke a prisoners jaw told the

Tue, 05 Mar, 2002

Accident book not found in prisoner's jaw case

A medical orderly involved in treating a prisoner who allegedly had his jaw broken by a prison officer said he could not refresh his memory of that day because the record book was missing.

Fri, 01 Mar, 2002

Prison officer 'saw prisoner's jaw being broken'

A prison officer who claims he witnessed a colleague breaking a prisoner's jaw said his supervising officer tried to influence him into giving a misleading statement to the governor.

Thu, 28 Feb, 2002

Prisoner's injuries 'recorded as nose bleed'

The trial is continuing today of a prison officer accused of breaking a prisoner's jaw.

Wed, 27 Feb, 2002

Prisoner 'feared he would die'

A jury has heard that a prisoner whose jaw was allegedly broken by a prison officer feared he was going to die after he was left naked, covered in blood in a padded cell for 30 minutes.

Wed, 20 Feb, 2002

Prisoner's jaw 'broken on both sides'

A jury at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has been told that a remand prisoner's jaw was broken on both sides by a prison officer who kicked him in the face some time after a riot had ended.

Mon, 18 Feb, 2002