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Taxpayers to pick up €5.5m bill for prisoners' dental treatments in Dublin
Prisons
The service will be provided in fully equipped dental surgeries located at five prisons in the capital
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Prison governor who ran barber shop on the side owes ex-employee €7,000, WRC told
Workplace Relations Commission
Paul Tucker owned Celtic Barbers in Kildare and was a director of MABS while working as an assistant governor of Ireland's largest prison, the Workplace Relations Commission has heard
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Wife-killer Joe O’Reilly recently refused compassionate leave after request to visit sick relative
Irish Prison Service
Infamous O’Reilly, who murdered his wife Rachel at their home in Naul, north Co Dublin in October 2004, applied for an escorted day release from the Midlands Prison
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'This has got to stop'. Judge questions denial of access to psychiatrist for prisoner awaiting murder trial
Midlands Prison
The judge expressed concern about the heightened trauma inflicted on victims' families over delays on access to psychiatrists
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Wife killer Joe O’Reilly threatened to sue after Parole Board once again refused release from prison
Crime
Joe O’Reilly, who murdered his wife Rachel at their home in Dublin, in October 2004, was formally told last week that he was being denied his freedom for the fourth time
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Crime pays: Prisoners given €6.8m in pocket money and receive €12.4m in 'gifts' while behind bars
Irish Prison Service
Inmates serving time in Irish prisons had more than €1.5 million in their bank accounts last week, according to records obtained by the Irish Mirror
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Prison report reveals final hours of triple killer Sameer Syed before he took own life in cell
Midlands Prison
A report published by the Inspector of Prisons detailed how Syed's 'shocked' cellmate found him dead having earlier watched TV with him and seeing him in a "jovial" mood.
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Terminally ill prisoner died in custody after delays processing request for compassionate release
Irish Prison Service
Doctors had asked that the 56-year-old be allowed to spend his remaining time at home, but these repeated requests had not been processed by the time he died three months later
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Deluded wife killer Joe O'Reilly had pinned freedom hopes on Dwyer appeal win
Joe O'Reilly
Exclusive: O'Reilly, who murdered Rachel Callaly in 2004, had mistakenly believed that Graham Dwyer's legal challenge relating to phone evidence would help him if he won
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Up to 19 criminal gangs operating behind bars in Irish prisons with 104 inmates listed as involved
Irish Prison Service
It is understood the crime gangs include the Kinahans, the Hutches, the Dundens but they also include other smaller groups from Coolock, Finglas, Drogheda , Cork and Limerick
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Killer Joe O'Reilly left prison for hospital surrounded by prison officers for tests after becoming unwell
Joe O'Reilly
It is understood that he was not kept in overnight as doctors were able to treat him
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Prisoners' Open University degrees and other courses costing taxpayers €3.5m
Irish Prison Service
Exclusive: The prison service is paying for a number of inmates to pursue postgraduate qualifications in Art History, Classical Studies, and Global Development
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Sex offender died of heart failure at Midlands Prison, investigation reveals
Irish Prison Service
The 73-year-old was serving a 10-year sentence and had no contact with friends or family at the time of his death
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24 prisoners died last year in custody, on temporary release or on the run
Irish Prison Service
It's the highest number of deaths recorded by the Irish Prison Service in at least two decades
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Minister reveals how much it costs to keep a prisoner behind bars for one year
Irish Prison Service
The amount it costs taxpayers to keep a criminal off the streets for 12 months increased by nearly five percent last year, new figures show
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Jozef Puska moved to Midlands Prison and is being checked on every 15 minutes
Jozef Puska
Puska, now designated prisoner number 117923, has been moved from an isolated cell in Dublin’s Cloverhill Prison to a highly monitored cell in the Midlands Prison in Portlaoise
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Just 57 out of 924 jailed sex offenders participated in treatment programme
Prison Service
There was a 37 percent increase in the number of people imprisoned for sex offences last year, but an average of just 11 undergo treatment each year
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Brute jailed for attempted murder of ex-girlfriend moved to tougher prison after being caught with phone in cell
Arbour Hill Prison
Evil Denis Leahy, who knifed Rose Kenny 22 times in a savage attack as she made her way to work at a creche, was moved from cushy Arbour Hill to the Midlands prison
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Killer Graham Dwyer spends lonely 51st birthday behind bars with no visits or special treatment
Graham Dwyer
The depraved killer’s birthday will forever tie him to the callous killing of Elaine O’ Hara as he infamously celebrated the occasion with his wife on the same day the body was discovered
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Declan Haughney released from prison just a week after being jailed for dragging lifeless uncle to Carlow post office
Midlands Prison
Declan Haughney was only handed a two-year jail term last week - but he has now been released from Midlands Prison in Portlaoise
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Nadine Lott's killer attacked in prison and 'would be killed' if he steps out of line again
Midlands Prison
The trained boxer inflicted 64 injuries on Nadine
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'Pain in the a***' wife killer Joe O'Reilly moved to new prison to 'reflect on bad behaviour'
Joe O'Reilly
Exclusive: Sources say there has been a frequent 'clash of personalities' between Joe O’Reilly and several prisoners in Wheatfield - leading prison bosses to conclude it was best for him to be moved
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Rapist Dean Ward and ex garda Paul Moody to serve sentences in Midlands Prison after being caged for vile crimes against women
Midlands Prison
Exclusive: Sources say Ward will be placed in the Co Laois jail while Moody was transferred there on Friday
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Disgraced former garda Paul Moody in isolation in prison over safety fears after being caged for coercive control
Midlands Prison
Moody was jailed for just over three years this week for the coercive control of a woman ill with cancer.
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