Cork woman who alleged her rights were breached in Limerick Prison has case thrown out

Ex-inmate sought a declaration that the practice of slopping out and using a chamber pot amounted to an alleged breach of her rights

Ms Justice Siobhan Phelan ruled the proceedings against Limerick Prison are statute-barred and should be dismissed.

A Cork woman who sought to sue over an alleged breach of her rights because of the practice of slopping out in Limerick Prison when she was an inmate there over twenty years ago has had her case dismissed by the High Court.

Ms Justice Siobhan Phelan ruled the proceedings, which were initiated seven years ago, and some 13 years after the woman was released from the Limerick Women’s Prison, are statute-barred and should be dismissed.