Person: Director General of the Prison Service

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

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Litany of problems at Cork Prison

A timeline of neglect and inaction

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Mountjoy Prison governor to retire

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North: Bomb hoaxer fails to halt prison service celebration

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McDowell vows to close prisons as officers reject pay deal

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Prison service hits out at doctors' strike

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One in five jailed from outside Ireland

Prison chiefs order report over pic of McCabe killers

PRISON authorities yesterday ordered a full report in to how a photograph of Sinn Féin TDs and the killers of Detective Garda Jerry McCabe was allowed to be taken at Castlerea Prison.

Tue, 16 Sep, 2003

O'Donoghue pledges to cut prison overtime bill

The Minister for Justice has described the current overtime difficulties being experienced by the prison service as "unsustainable".

Thu, 03 May, 2001

Report criticises use of padded cells

The Director General of the Prison Service has defended the detention of mentally-ill prisoners in padded cells.

Thu, 19 Apr, 2001