McDowell to slash soaring prison officer overtime pay

MINISTER for Justice Michael McDowell will tell prison officers today that their soaring overtime payments are to end.

McDowell to slash soaring prison officer overtime pay

The statement will cause a clash with prison officers, whose overtime payments enable them to earn more than €1,100 a week.

Mr McDowell said he will tell the Prison Officers Association conference in Galway this morning that he doesn’t have the money to pay the overtime anymore.

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