Call for serious offenders, including repeat rapists, to be tagged if released early

The chairman of the Oireachtas committee on justice has said that some serious offenders, including repeat rapists, should be electronically tagged if released from prison early.

Garda sources have indicated Cork-based Traveller, Patrick ‘Lo Lo’ O’Driscoll, who carried out two savage rapes within months of each other, should be tagged when he leaves jail early next month so they can keep a constant eye on his movements.

Fine Gael deputy David Stanton said he wouldn’t comment on individual cases but had seen at first hand in Finland how effective electronic tagging can be.