Person: John Naughton

Person: John Naughton

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

<p>The issue first came to light in 2019, when Freddie Thompson made a complaint that three junior officers were bad-mouthing three more senior officers to prisoners. Picture: Colin Keegan/Collins</p>

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Prison officers 'urged inmates to attack colleagues'

A Garda file on the investigation has now been sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions

<p>Freddie Thompson (pictured) told the investigator that one of the senior officers, in particular, was targeted in this manner to the extent that it “may put his life in danger if prisoners were to believe that he was lying and could not be believed”.</p>

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Mick Clifford: Prison officers should protect each other, so what went wrong?

Some officers were alleged to have encouraged dangerous prisoners to think the worst of other officers to the point where these prisoners might have been moved to violence

A Question of Taste with Cormac Begley

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A Question of Taste with Cormac Begley

Cormac Begley is a solo bass, baritone, treble and piccolo concertina player from a West Kerry musical family

Teen spent €20k on drugs, a bed, gambling, and a Playstation

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Teen spent €20k on drugs, a bed, gambling, and a Playstation

UCC honours medic whose unit inspired ‘ER’

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UCC honours medic whose unit inspired ‘ER’

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Garda killed in Donegal road accident named