Governors get €90,000 for running empty jails

TWO prison governors are being paid €90,000 a year each a year for running empty prisons.

As part of the Government's plan to reduce the Prison Service's €60 million overtime bill, Spike Island and the Curragh prisons closed earlier this year.

However, it has emerged that the governor of Spike Island, Finbarr O'Leary, and the governor of the Curragh, Sylvester Salley, have continued in their posts.