Officer ‘hospitalised over bullying and harassment’

A PRISON officer at a strike-hit jail has been admitted to psychiatric hospital after being bullied and harassed at work, it has been claimed.

The officer, a middle-aged man who came late to the service, is one of a number who have accused members of staff at Castlerea Prison of harassment.

Prison officers at the jail which houses among others IRA members jailed for the killing of Garda Jerry McCabe have threatened further strike action.