Place: Curragh prison

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Green Party attacks FF over ‘low crime levels’

THE opposition normally uses crime figures to berate the Government, but in an unusual step, the Green Party yesterday said crime levels were too low to justify the amount of people in prison.

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Prison averaging 20 staff off sick each day

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Robert Howard case - Valuable lessons to be learned

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Concern over decline in sex offenders taking prison programmes

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Prison officers hit out at closure plans

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Prisoners to lose out on education as a result of overtime row

Sex offenders moved out as prison closed

Almost 50 inmates were moved from the Curragh prison in Co Kildare today in the first phase of Government plans to close the facility.

Mon, 19 Jan, 2004

Prison officers claim they are being bullied

Prison officers have accused the Minister for Justice and the Prison Service of trying to bully them into accepting reform plans.

Mon, 19 Jan, 2004

Councillors net €33k in prison visit expenses

COUNCILLORS earned almost €33,000 in expenses and allowances for visiting prisons in 2002, it emerged yesterday.

Fri, 01 Aug, 2003

Gardaí probe allegations prisoner poisoned

GARDAÍ are investigating claims an inmate was poisoned after his drink was spiked with bleach.

Wed, 26 Feb, 2003

Church donations used to stop abuse inquiry, group claims

Victims of clerical sexual abuse today staged silent protests outside cathedrals throughout Ireland.

Sun, 24 Nov, 2002

Paedophile Brother Ambrose released from jail

A retired cleric at the centre of one of Ireland’s most notorious church-linked child sex abuse affairs was controversially released from prison today.

Sat, 23 Nov, 2002

Paedophile clergyman freed early from jail

A retired Roman Catholic clergyman at the centre of one of Ireland’s most notorious church-linked child sex abuse affairs was controversially released from prison today.

Sat, 23 Nov, 2002

Convicted abuser Payne to quit Church

CONVICTED child sex abuser Fr Ivan Payne is to leave the priesthood in a bid to get free from the monitoring which he must submit to as a member of the church.

Sat, 16 Nov, 2002

Paedophile to live near girls’ school

PARENTS expressed concern yesterday at claims that a convicted paedophile is going to live near a school after he is released from jail.

Thu, 26 Sep, 2002