THE GARDA have declined to comment on specific failings regarding the force identified in an investigation into the death of a man assaulted by a criminal wrongly released from prison.

THE GARDA have declined to comment on specific failings regarding the force identified in an investigation into the death of a man assaulted by a criminal wrongly released from prison.

PRISONER numbers in Mountjoy are predicted to reach 700 this year – 160 above the maximum set by the Inspector of Prisons.