Left in limbo: Unlocking the Irish justice system

Michael Clifford questions the failure of gardaí to interview a whistleblower who was a witness to an assault on a prison officer, and the lack of urgency in pursuing the case

THE assault occurred on a Sunday morning on E wing of the Midlands Prison in Portlaoise. It was soon after breakfast on March 8, 2015. Two inmates set upon a third. There were a number of prisoners and prison officers in the immediate vicinity.