Prison ‘uncertain’ over date for methadone clinic

PRISON bosses said there are plans to set up a methadone service in Cork Prison — but are not certain when it will begin operating.

The announcement follows criticism in the Circuit Courts last Friday where Judge Patrick J Moran hit out at the lack of methadone treatment for heroin-addicted criminals sent to the prison.

Judge Moran made the comments at Cork Circuit Criminal Court when sentencing heroin addict Timothy O’Shea of Lakelands Crescent, Mahon, Cork, to an additional year in prison — on top of an eight-year term for heroin dealing.