Fianna Fáil has been embroiled in more controversy after the party Agriculture Spokesperson Éamon Ó Cuív admitted writing a letter to the Irish Prison Service asking for a convicted killer to be moved to an open prison.

A 38-year-old unemployed man, who claimed that 14 years ago he had slipped and fallen on a cream bun while he was detained at Shelton Abbey Open Prison, has lost a €38,000 damages claim in the Circuit Civil Court.