Prisoners should pay their way and not cost the State while inside

Ivor Callely is spending his first night in jail. But has justice has been done?

It is bewildering to see how government views sections of society and treats them differently. Take our pensioners, for instance, some of whom need places in nursing homes.

The Government insisted that those pensioners be rigorously assessed in their income and assets to establish what charges should be levied in allocating places in nursing homes, which are said to be expensive to run.