Second day of work stoppages in prison

Prison officers are set to conduct a second day of industrial action today at the country’s only dedicated remand prison in a dispute over health and safety.

Staff at Cloverhill Prison in west Dublin went on a one-hour stoppage after lunch yesterday, resulting in inmates being kept locked in their cells for an extra hour, between 2pm and 3pm.

Officers are due to repeat the protest today — to be followed by two one-hour stoppages in Mountjoy Prison next Thursday and Friday in a similar protest.