Gardaí refused almost all requests for transfer of high-risk prisoners last year

Transfers are generally only sought in cases involving paramilitary prisoners, serious gangland criminals, or those who are considered a high escape risk. File picture

Gardaí refused all but one request from the Irish Prison Service last year for the transfer of high-security or escape risk prisoners between jails.

Prison bosses wrote to gardaí on 65 occasions last year seeking an “inter-prison transfer”, according to records released under Freedom of Information.