Review after prisoner escapes

A REVIEW was underway yesterday into how a prisoner serving an eight-year sentence escaped from a hospital where he was receiving treatment.

Gerard Foley, 27, from Knocknaheeney, Cork, escaped through a small window in a toilet in Portlaoise General Hospital wearing pyjamas and slippers at around 9pm on Tuesday. He was recaptured 30 minutes later by gardaí and returned to Portlaoise Prison.

Foley was sentenced to eight years in 2000 for robbery and possession of a firearm.