Calls for investigation into reports of officer intimidation at Portlaoise Prison

Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín raised the matter in the Dáil, claiming junior prison officers had been overheard making threats against a senior officer at the facility

Portlaoise Prison, where it is alleged that junior officers made threats against a senior officer. File picture: Eamonn Farrell/RollingNews.ie

A full investigation into alleged intimidation among prison officers guarding the country's most dangerous criminals in Portlaoise Prison has been called for in the Dáil.

During Leaders’ Questions, TDs heard of junior prison officers making threats against a senior officer to some of the country’s most notorious crime figures from the Dundon and Kinahan gangs.