Prison service to spend €120,000 on spiritual needs of prisoners

The Irish Prison Service (IPS) is set to spend up to €120,000 recruiting up to 25 prison chaplains to look after the spiritual needs of prisoners, writes Gordon Deegan.

The IPS has an immediate requirement for 10 prison chaplains across its prison network to fill a number of chaplain vacancies and along with providing for prisoners' spiritual needs, the chaplains will perform a wide-ranging role for prisoners.