Prison officers in talks bid to halt row

PROTESTING prison officers are due to meet senior management in the next two days in a bid to defuse a bitter dispute over alleged bullying and sexual harassment.

Prison officers in talks bid to halt row

Officers attached to Castlerea Prison in Roscommon claim that serious allegations, some made over a year ago, have still not been dealt with by the Irish Prison Service.

Allegations include the bullying of a prison officer, who is out on continuing sick leave, and the alleged sexual harassment of a female officer by notorious criminal Joseph ‘Cotton Eye’ Delaney.

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