Person: Thornton Hall

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

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Investing in pre-school education today will secure a better tomorrow

I STILL have the pen I got for speaking at a conference of managers in the public service back in 2009.

We need to invest in improving children’s lives, not monster prisons

Look to Nordic nations for prison guidance

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Mental health body welcomes scrapping of CMH move

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Prison overcrowding ‘to ease’ after wing opens

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Garda Corrib overtime bill is €12m

Report highlights 'squalor' of prison life

The lack of human rights for prisoners was condemned today in a damning report that highlighted squalid living conditions for inmates.

Wed, 10 Dec, 2008

€30m prison site 'waste of cash'

Minister for Justice Michael McDowell’s purchase of a €30m Thornton Hall prison site was a waste of taxpayers’ money by a blundering minister, it was claimed in the Dáil today.

Wed, 21 Mar, 2007