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Updated 12.40pm
THE HEAD OF the Prison Officers Association says that questions need to be asked about the escape of a prisoner from custody yesterday.
Derek Brockwell (53), a UK national, had been serving a seven-year sentence at Portlaoise prison for robbery and possession of firearms.
He escaped yesterday, stabbing two prison officers while being brought to Tallaght Hospital. He fled the area on a waiting motorbike.
In the Dáil, Taoiseach Enda Kenny said that the Minister for Justice, Frances Fitzgerald, has sought a full report on the incident and expressed sympathy over the stabbing of the two prisoner officers.
“They’ve shown great courage in dealing with some very difficult situations,” Kenny told the Dáil while denying that the escape was a result of cutbacks.
TheJournal Politics / TwitterTaoiseach tells #dail: “Priority is to have return of prisoner as soon as possible."
— TheJournal Politics (@TJ_Politics) February 18, 2015
Earlier, speaking to RTÉ’s Morning Ireland, Stephen Delaney said that Brockwell was a “violent” criminal.
This event highlights the dangerous job of the prison officer. These officers faced a violent, hardened criminal with a lethal weapon who was trying to escape.The advice from the gardaí to the public is not to approach a man.
He said that the planning of the escape was “meticulous” and it had raised questions on the arrangements of the escort.
“We are requesting a complete review of all prison escorts. He was in a maximum security prison, with army personnel on the walls, yet he was sent with three unarmed prison officers for a regular hospital
He said that Brockwell was handcuffed, but the stabbing occurred inside the hospital after a “violent struggle” with officers.
Brockwell had an armed Garda escort until last year, and Delaney said that his incarceration in Portlaoise, coupled with his record, indicated a “dangerous, violent criminal”.
He said that there were “less and less” armed Garda escorts leaving Portlaoise Prison.
Routine
Retired Detective Chief Superintendent John O’Brien — who worked as a garda in the Portlaoise area, and with Interpol — said routine was an enemy of any security operation.
The predictability thing is something you would look at very, very clearly because this was an individual who is — as you can see now in his publicly available profile — someone with a previous history of violence, previous history of escape and previous history or armed and violent crime.
He said that in terms of the search operation, Interpol would play a role circulating information worldwide.
“But, you know, criminals — and I’m sure this guy is no different — are creatures of habit. They tend to return to the same nest that they’ve been before,” he told RTÉ’s Sean O’Rourke.
O’Brien said the criminal clearly had “someone looking after him” based on the manner in which he’d made his escape.
Recovering
Both prison officers are said to be recovering this morning, having undergone surgery last night.
Gardaí are appealing for information on Brockwell’s whereabouts, and have released the above image.
Brockwell is described as being 6’03’’ tall with brown hair and broad build.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Tallaght Garda Station on 01- 6666000, the Garda Confidential Telephone Line on 1800 666 111, or any Garda Station.
- additional reporting from Daragh Brophy and Hugh O’Connell
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He went on the run after being let out on day release from the UK!!!!!!he came here kept up his criminal ways and then stabs two officers and escapes.
Maybe it’s time we stop Molly coddling criminals,maybe we stop worrying about their “rights”.
We are way to soft on these people,
Their in prison,no days out,no rights,rights need to be earned from day one!!!!!
If they don’t like it,don’t break the law!!!!!!!!!!!
Ciaran , this time it was for a hospital visit , I wonder what treatment he was there for and could the treatment not have been given to him in prison ?
I know,can they not call a doctor to the prison to see if a trip to hospital is necessary,and if they have to attend hospital,just chain their arms and legs and blind fold them,equip prison guards with tasers,so at least they would have a fighting chance against criminals!!
Ciaran. Tazers are you for real!!! They won’t even issue batons to Prison Officers as standard on escorts. Every single Officer in the service is trained in the correct procedures for using a baton. Years ago when a escort left the Prison especially for Hospitals batons were issued as standard to every Officer on the Escort. In todays more “PC” service. They are not only not issued as standard but if you look for just 1 for a three man escort you are looked at as if you had just asked to sacrifice their first born. And you get the Why,Who,Where, What etc questions. They are terrified that an Officer might actually use it.
But as every Officer knows it use would a last resort. It would only be used to defend one’s self, your fellow Officers or a member of the public in the case of attempted escape. If both Officers yesterday had been issued with batons there may have been a totally different outcome.
But as I said there is the fear by management that it would be used. And to them that spells possible legal costs. Money outweighs Officer Safety everytime to the bean counters.
I wonder how long he waited for a hospital appointment too. I’m sick of criminals and their Yooman rights seeming to be more important than the Yooman rights of most of the rest of the state… Just because they’re in the care of the state? Well tell that to the abused in state homes, the elderly living in fear, the victims… And the list goes on. The government has a duty to care for the people as a whole and when they call for better conditions for perpetrators of crime than the rest of society it just becomes a farce.
Mark. Politicians of every party and political persuasion are afraid of the Criminal’s Rights Groups. They spew forth their sound-bites about how terrible this is etc. But when it comes down to actually doing something about it then come the excuses why they can’t. And that is all they are excuses. They simply don’t have the bottle to stand up and say “I don’t care if it’s not PC, I don’t care if these Groups scream the house down, I am going to do what’s right”.
Human rights apply irrespective of circumstances. That’s why they are called human rights.
Yes there might have been a totally different outcome if those escorting the prisoner had batons.
Whoever sprung him would probably have a gun.
Ever been incarcerated Mark?
Trust me. It’s not great.
Unless you’re a victim of a criminal, then your rights come second.
Charlie and what of the Human Rights of Prison Officers and innocent members of the Public? Do Prisoners Rights supersede their’s?
Charlie. If his accomplice had a gun then the outcome would have been the same. But as his accomplice was not involved in the struggle your theory simply doesn’t fly.
@Charlie: it’s not supposed to be great. I thought that was the whole point :-/
A criminal who doesn’t give a damn about the human rights of their victims shouldn’t complain if his aren’t exactly the number one priority when trying to keep the public safe.
@Charlie, what about the human rights of the other two people involved, the prison officers. What about their human rights.
All too often the do-gooder brigade overlook the human rights of our protectors, Gardaí and Prison Officers, there never seems to be an emphasis on their human rights.
Prison officers do carry batons
The law here should reflect on preseñt Scottish recommendations, that prison sentences for serious crime should be for the full term as handed down by the court. The idea of giving remission for good behaviour while in prison is wrong in my view.
Leslie. I am a serving Prison Officer. I think I am aware of what we do have and what we don’t have. And as current standard proceedure baton are Not standard issue on escorts. As I have already stated several times since yesterday a Prison Officer has to jump through several hoops and be able to make a convincing case as to why a baton should be issued.
But you seem to know more about it than I or every other Prison Officer does.
You know that. How? Lesley. You are talking s**t
You know that Lesley? How? You’re talking rubbish
@leslie when do they carry them in scenes on love hate only time I seen a Baton was in training.
Skumbag
Looks like a friendly kinda chap
He’s the cut of Hank from Breaking Bad.
This is the result of public sector cuts .Less personal required for an escort equals a saving.But what cost a life .Let the government answer that one .
And here’s me thinking a hug was the first thing I’d do if I seen him.thanks for the advice
Everyone, that’s everyone, sent to an Irish Prison gets an automatic 25% reduction of their sentence, before they even start !! It’s their victims rights I would be worried about, not theirs.
God help anyone that looks like this guy. They are going to get some serious looks for the next few days…
Believe me Spiderman, this bloke stands out and you couldn’t mistake him.
If you seen this bloke you would remember him.
Have you met him Mike….honest question.
Cuppentae. Mike happened to be in the Hospital when it happened and witnessed his escape.
Yes, we were in the hospital when the whole thing erupted.
He passed within inches and we seen the injured prison officers.
There was blood everywhere and I could clearly see the officers wounds.
There was also a lot of paitents (mostly pensioners) that witnessed the whole thing and were in shock.
Bloody Hell Mike….Thats frightening. Did he say anything or just run…?
He wasn’t running, just walking fast until one of the Noonan security lads started to run after him. He didn’t say anything, he didn’t have to. Just the look of this bloke speaks volumes.
There is no way on this planet I would tackle him.
Jaysus…..You could find yourself on TV3 yet Mike as part of a documentary….Seriously though, frightening experience….
Brockwell has been caught up North, Belfast
No touching, but we dure as hell can call.
Anyone with information on the incident is asked to contact Tallaght Garda Station on 01- 6666000, the Garda Confidential Telephone Line 1800 666 111 or any garda station.
That’d be a 999 call surely?!?
I hope he doesn’t bump into any of the regular Hardman posters on the journal.
He’d better not disturb me when I’m lifting massive weights or sparring with pro boxers in my mansion. If he does he’s a dead man.
I see the the headline now
Journal reader backs up tuff talk by knocking escaped convict out with one punch.
The reader was quoted as saying “I’ve been telling everybody in the journal for months that’s im well hard.”
Very funny Gary, perhaps you wouldn’t be so smart if you had seen the prison officers in agony after being stabbed.
There was blood everywhere and about a hundred people (mostly pensioners) in pure shock.
Do the world a favour Gary and stick to trolling political topics.
I hope it doesn’t bump into you Mike
Quick gary, you missed a new topic .
If you really hurry up you can pollute that one as well before any of the grownup’s get to comment.
They wouldn’t have been stabbed and in agony if they’d have carried out their duty professionally.
It’s a disgrace that the armed security escort was removed from this man. Now there are 2 poor prison officers badly injured because of these cuts, both could have been killed and all to save the government money. Are the lives of the prison officers and the general public not more important than saving a few pound. I say the security issue needs to be reviewed and fast before any one else is injured or even killed.
Karen. The simple answer to your question “Are the lives of Prison Officers and the General Public not forth more than a few pounds?”
Is No.
Not to the Bean counters they are not.
The two prison officers are in no way responsible or accountable for this cock up.
The “management” are responsible for the escape of this grey haired man in his fifties.
David. Have you actually read or heard any part of this guys history?
He is an extremely violent thug. He was serving his sentence in the countries Maximum Security Prison. His security status was downgraded from “Armed Escort” by Civil Servants who are far removed from Prisons. Now why does he require and Armed Escort one day and the next deemed sufficiently low risk to remove it? Did he find “Jesus on the road to Damascus” moment and suddenly become a cuddly old codger?
And of course we come to managements decision to stop issuing batons to staff as standard proceedure. Neither decision was made by the Staff on the Escort. So yes this was the fault of Prison management.
There was only one garda with the two prison officers yet the Garda in Dublin can afford to send between 6-10 gardai each time to arrest water protesters. Serious questions need to be asked of senior Garda as to why only one garda was sent to mind a dangerous criminal with a history trying to escape yet in some cases ten times this amount were sent to arrest Jobstown protesters. I would love to hear a FG politician or garda management explain this situation.
Pat there easy NO Gardai on that escort. So as I said to Greg. There are plenty of Stories on the Journal about water meters, protesters and arrests for you to vent in. This is about a violent convicts ecsape and two injured Officers.
It was reported when the story was breaking that there was one garda and two prison officers but that has now changed to three prison officers. Mick I’m making a valid point about the use of garda resources, which has resulted in this situation happening. The stopping of armed escorts has now resulted in a dangerous criminal on the loose, yet there is still unbelievable waste of garda resources in the Jobstown arrests. It just goes to show where garda management priorities are, that they deem Paul Murphy a greater threat than this fellow.
Mick wants to bury his head in the sand. Pat your completely right. Its not about Irish water, its about gardai resources being wasted on stupid crap that the Government want to force through and this having a knock on affect on the rest of us. No overtime available for catching burglars and escourting prisoners.
Pat..No Garda or Garda were present..This was a Prison Service escort..
The stopping of the Armed Escort has nothing to do with the Gardai but was a decision made by the IPS.
Yeh right, that makes complete sense. You’ll find that it all boils down to budgets and resources.
Greg. What part of “NO Garda Present” to you fail to comprehend.
There was NO waste of Garda resources as the Escort had nothing to do with them.
Whatever Mick, bury your head in the sand. You’re not listening to the argument. If you just take a deep breath and try for a second to process the information I have given you, it might begin to make sense.
@Pat Mustard… Will you ever just fcuk off with your Irish Water bullsh:te. This has nothing to do with Irish Water, stop trying to draw comparisons you complete and utter moron. I’ve a complete pain in my balls with the anti-IW crowd trying to relate every god damn thing that happens in this country back to IW. The type of rubbish management of the prison service responsible for this incident has been going on long before IW was every dreamt of. Gobsh:te.
Greg. The Prison Service is a completely different Section to the Gardai. It has it’s own Budget completely separate from the Garda budget.
And as for not listening to your argument. Why should I or anyone else when your argument has absolutely nothing to do with what happened yesterday. All you are trying to do is score political points off the backs of two injured Officers and one ecsape convict on a totally unrelated subject.
Mick yet again read the article…”Brockwell had an armed Garda escort until last year”
My last comment btw
And you are not reading my replies. The Armed Escort was downgraded. Not by the Gardai but by some civil servant in IPS. If the IPS deemed it was required they could not only have an armed Garda escort but a military one too. None of which would come from the IPS budget as it would be part of the security of the state each department would bear its own costs.
So the two prison officers had no responsibility for this escape?
He’s a grey-haired man in his 50s. Not a fit young fella.
Why did they take off his handcuffs?
They have to take some responsibility for this cock up. It’s not enough to just blame management.
Firstly David. How do you know his cuffs were removed? As is standard operating proceedure all handcuffs are to the prisoners front. Now taking that into account do you think that wearing handcuffs inhibits your ability to grip? And if you can grip a knife you can stab or slash every direction you are facing.
Secondly. This “Grey Haired man” as you put it is only 51 and is 6’3″ and about 18 Stone. He is well built from his days working out in the Prison gym.
Now you may fancy yourself as a Bruce Lee/Ninja that could disarm a large strong man armed with a knife that is willing to use extreme violence to get away. But faced with the reality of facing him down you would most likely shit yourself.
Firstly David. How do you know his cuffs were removed? As is standard operating proceedure all handcuffs are to the prisoners front. Now taking that into account do you think that wearing handcuffs inhibits your ability to grip? And if you can grip a knife you can stab or slash every direction you are facing.
Secondly. This “Grey Haired man” as you put it is only 51 and is 6’3″ and about 18 Stone. He is well built from his days working out in the Prison gym.
Now you may fancy yourself as a Bruce Lee/Ninja that could disarm a large strong man armed with a knife that is willing to use extreme violence to get away. But faced with the reality of facing him down you would most likely crap yourself.
Firstly David. How do you know his cuffs were removed? As is standard operating proceedure all handcuffs are to the prisoners front. Now taking that into account do you think that wearing handcuffs inhibits your ability to grip? And if you can grip a knife you can stab or slash every direction you are facing.
Secondly. This “Grey Haired man” as you put it is only 51 and is 6’3″ and about 18 Stone. He is well built from his days working out in the Prison gym.
Now you may fancy yourself as a Bruce Lee/Ninja that could disarm a large strong man armed with a knife that is willing to use extreme violence to get away. But faced with the reality of facing him down you would most likely defecate on yourself.
Sry about the multiple posts. Kept saying posting error.
Irish version of ‘Godwin’s Law’: if an online discussion (regardless of topic or scope) goes on long enough, sooner or later someone will draw a comparison with Irish Water !!
What they saved in personnel costs for a proper escort will now be paid out 1000′s times more to the victims! Good job Government, way to go, AWESOME! Time to cut the public sector cuts.
As I sit here I wonder at times what exactly is wrong with Irish society. As an individual who has nearly twenty years service with the Irish Prison Service I wish to bring just a few facts to the attention of others.
You turn on any television documentary looking at the prison system in the United states and the initial reaction from most people is that prison must be a tough place and I would hate to experience that. Let me assure those reading this that life in an Irish Prison is a far cry from what you see on television, in fact it is quite the opposite.
Over the years I have witnessed some unbelievable changes in our prison service, some were good and productive but in the last number of years I really just cannot believe what is going on.
The aim of an individual being sent to prison in an ideal world is to serve a punishment for a particular crime and to rehabilitate themselves with the ultimate aim upon release of not to re-offend thereby reducing recidivism.
What turns my stomach and angers me beyond what words can ever express is what prisoners get away with while in custody. You get a prisoner with 70, 80, 90 previous convictions for various crimes and he enters the prison system in this country and he can have the free running of the prison.
He now has a prisoners complaint system at his disposal whereby if he asks an Officer for something and he is given the response of no, all he has to do is this; fill out his complaint form, place it in the relevant box on his landing, he receives a photocopy of it from the Governor and an investigation is launched. Fair so far? Let me continue.
The Officer is at this point removed from the area of the prison where the offender is kept and placed in another part of the prison, an external investigator comes in and as with most investigation results the allegation is found to be malicious on the part of the prisoner, his punishment? A caution………
Why do I mention this? I mention this because this could be the same offender who has just raped, assaulted, abused, YOU.
He has now entered a world whereby he knows that at his disposal he has The Inspector of Prisons, The Irish Penal Reform Trust, The Visiting Committee and a wide variety of agencies/organisations willing to jump at his request once he sheds his crocodile tears………..
What help for the victims of crime in this country? Very little and it is a disgrace.
There are individuals within our prisons who I genuinely feel sorry for as they had very little hope from day one but PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE, all we ask for as Officers is fairness and to be shown some small bit of respect from our ‘leaders’.
It is hard to imagine that in 2015 in Ireland a Prison Officer is no more than a porter, there to facilitate the wishes of a prisoner for fear of repercussions from his superiors when asked ‘Why did you not give the prisoner what he wanted’?
May I wish my two colleagues who were injured yesterday a speedy recovery.
This whole fiasco reminds me of the time Charlie Bowden was being taken to and from court. Remember that picture when he was being lead out of the court handcuffed to an Officer.
The Gardai were wearing Bullet Proof vests and had Ballistic Shields even Bowden himself had on a Bullet Proof vest. And what was the Officer cuffed to him wearing? The Prison Services “Magic Blue Shirt”.
For those of you that are unaware of this miraculous shirt, the Prison Service believe it to be Bullet Proof, Stab proof, urine and feces resistant and have the strength of medieval plate armour. But most importantly it’s cheap. Much much cheaper than supplying Prison Officers with the same Stab Vests that are issued to every Gardai. But then as far as every government to date has decided that the lives and health of Prison Officers are worth less than those of convicted criminals. So why waste the money buying proper equipment for them.
I never had any insight into what prison officers had to put up with until now and when I rang Portlaoise last night to enquire about the officers I was stunned at the reaction.
The gentleman that answered the phone was actually taken aback that a member of the public had taken the time to show concern about their colleagues.
I wouldn’t do that job for any money at all.
The reason Mike is that we are the Forgotten Service.
People see Gardai, Medical Personel, Fire Fighters and the Military regulary. We on the other hand are for the most part hidden behind high walls and steel gates. We work is what could be described as an alternate world to the normal everyday world the Public inhabit.
And so usually the only time the Public become aware of our existence is when something happens like the events of yesterday.
So I think I can safely speak on behalf of all my collegues and say Thank You for you your thoughts and concern.
Mick, I know a few people through 3rd parties who are Prison Officers, and I would fully support an enquiry into the mismanagement of the whole organisation. You lot do a dangerous job, and it’s only fair that you’re properly equipped to do it.
Just a warning to those that have sensitive constitution the Image below can be a little graphic for some.
This is a common scene Prison Officers face in our working day.
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That’s a very clean cell Mick, Mountjoy has much improved.
We are all new and shiny in Mountjoy now. Single cells, TV’s, in cell sanitation showers on each landing.
If anyone ever deserved a bullet…….
Better care than the elderly. Bet he wasn’t waiting over a year for an appointment, he had an escort to the hospital too, serve the country as an honest hard working citizen then retire and it’s good luck to ya!!! Thanks for paying tax all your life, now go feel like a second class citizen while we degrade you.
Don’t do anything to infringe his human rights .
Maybe Gardai would have been available if they weren’t wasted arresting water meter protestors.
Priorities are all towards money making schemes in this country.
Prison transport is operated by prison staff, not Gardai. Their presence at the protest has no bearing on it one way or the other.
Greg. Give it a rest.
There are plenty of stories about water meters and associated protests and arrests for you to play with.
Neal, read the bloody article before you make stupid comments. “Brockwell had an armed Garda escort until last year”.
And having 7 Gardai arrest one politician to bring to the station for question IS A WASTE OF GARDA RESOURCES not to mention all the other wastes to do with Irish Water
I won’t give it a rest Mick. My point is completely valid. Wake up and see what is going on in your country. If the Government were working for the people of this country and not the corrupt cronies, there would be resources available to move criminals like this safely without endangering the public. A man with such a history should only be transported by armed Gardai or the army. The government have plenty of money to back up their wasteful Irish Water. Its sickening to see this money being poured down the drain. If you can’t see this, join the other sleeping sheep and help the fat cat cronies rape this country furthermore
Greg. Did you miss the part where I stated that there are numerous stories about water for you to play in. Now run along there like a good child. The adults are discussing important stuff here.
Good man Mick, sign up to the Irish sheep brigade. My points are completely valid for this article.
What points exactly.
There were NO Gardai on the Escort. Therefore there was NO waste of Garda time and resources as this Escort had NOTHING to do with the Gardai. His “Armed Escort” status was downgraded by the Irish Prison Service not the Gardai.
So your attempt to link this story into the water protests is facile.
THERE WAS NO ARMED ESCORT BECAUSE THEY DON’T HAVE THE MONEY TO HIRE GUARDAI
ANYMORE – HE WAS NORMALLY ESCORTED BY AN ARMED GARDA. PENNY DROP YET MICK?
Greg. Now you are talking absolute shite about something you know absolutely nothing about. If Armed Gardai are required it does not come from the Prison Service budget. If so requested by the Prison Service not only Armed Gardai could be made available but also Soldiers with Assault Rifles. So please climb back into your box and play with your IW toys.
Greg your an idiot if the garda had walked up to the prison and said we will give you an armed escort for this guy it still would be refused as the I.P.S deemed him not high security for one. Nothing to do with garda resources
Nothing to do with the budget if I.P.S said he needed an armed escort he would of had an armed escort. No ifs no buts if the prison said he’s not leaving without one he would of got one the garda didn’t refuse to supply one the prison said he didn’t need one has the penny dropped with you yet.
Ram. He is just Trolling in an attempt to bring IW into the discussion. If the story was about aliens had just landed he would try and interject IW and the Protests into it.
Can’t say I would, I have higher standards than that, he’s hideous, Jesus.
I remember the time when a well known gang leader who is serving a life sentence who had a scar on his face from an incident years , was able to go to hospital to get a job done on it . why ? Ah sure it was knocking his confidence ! Human rights my ar*se !
I’d take him….
Where?
Plenty of armed garda at a travellers funeral the other day!
Which as precisely what to do with this story? There were No armed Gardai on this escort because some Civil Servant sitting in a nice comfortable office far far away from the Prison Floor decided that this convict no longer required an Armed Garda Escort.
3. Guards can’t handle a Oldsmobile in handcuffs, what were they doing, playing angry birds?
@Feck&ionlydealinfact you are an unintelligent ape and a tool .Now handle that . #braveofficers
Why are inmates in Ireland not wearing an orange jumpsuit when being transported?
Also there there be at least two armed cops with them at all times. This country is soft on crime.
John you should ask the Penal Reform Trust, the Inspector of Prisons, Emily Logan, the Director of the Prison Service, the Minister of Justice and all the other do gooders those very questions.
Why do they let the prisoners know when their appointments are and what time!!
Ian. This was his third or fourth visit to this clinic. He would have been aware that he would have had follow up appointments but not have know exactly when. So when he was being processed for the Escort every other Prisoner on his landing if not the Wing would have known he was going out that day for his treatment. As Prisoners are permitted up to two phone calls per day it would have been a simple thing for someone to make a call and because of the travel time between Portlaois prison and Tallaght Hospital it would have given his associates ample time to prepare the ground for his escape.
Gas, someone throws a waterballon and massive garda resources are deployed, someone robs banks with violence and no resources are apparently available.strange world we live in. What if he attacked the two prison officers with water balloons would that have escalated the response time.
Sugar.
I was just closing my car boot this morning when this very guy jogged up to me looking to borrow some kit to get his car started.
He had such a trustworthy face, I felt obliged to help, especially on this most charitable of Wednesday’s.
But now that I come to think of it, he then hailed a taxi!
I wonder what he wanted with a car jack, 10 foot thick steel chain, hacksaw, mallot and jackhammer??
Time to get my batman suit out and save Gotham city sorry Dublin city if he still in the city to the mirca
The stuff of fiction you might think, fact is so much stranger than fiction, hands down.
Physical fitness testing for guards and garda every year would help.
The two lads wounded were fit..anyway since when does your fitness levels stop a knife in your guts!
As someone that practises martial arts that involve knife defences. Their is one thing your always taught, the knife nearly always wins. Also seen as Irish prison service staff receive absolutley no relevant training as regards self defence your argument is completely invalid
Ah sure they took away his medical card he’s gone back home for medical care. .He feared the medical care here wasn’t up to scratch. …..
Found
He must’ve watched Frans escape in love hate
Run Forest Run …….
“The advice from the Gardai to the public is not to approach a man.”
Come on Paul. Tidy it up.
but did he get his treatment? how long did it take? are the un armed escots getting treated in the hospital yet? good to see we have a tight secure prision service. Now go find this man before he jumps on a ship or hits the north. mad as guys
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