Prisoners escape by walking out back door of court

A Limerick man who was clocked driving at 140km/h during a car chase with gardaí proved too quick for red-faced prison officers yesterday when he escaped custody and ran out of Ennis courthouse along with another prisoner.

A manhunt was continuing last night for 22-year-old prisoner Jason Freyne who walked out the back door of Ennis courthouse at 3.15pm yesterday.

Freyne fled after another prisoner, 18-year old Keith Garrihy, of Beechgrove, Newmarket-on-Fergus, walked out the back door and ran for the gate moments earlier.