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Update: Two brothers escape from Roscommon prison

Authorities at Castlerea Prison in Co Roscommon discovered that the two men, both in their 20s, were unaccounted for this morning.

Update 1.05pm

TWO BROTHERS HAVE escaped from a prison in Roscommon overnight, it has been confirmed.

The two brothers, who are both in their 20s and of Romanian origin, had reportedly been serving sentences for breaking into parking meters in Galway.

Authorities at Castlerea Prison in Co Roscommon discovered that the two men were unaccounted for this morning and had been investigating the circumstances of their disappearance.

The two men were in the Grove area of the prison which is a semi-open area with a small housing facility that is within the secure confines of the prison complex but does not have cell-like accommodation.

RTÉ reports that prison authorities found a note from the pair in the open prison which read: “Sorry, we had no choice”.

On the News at One, the broadcaster’s crime correspondent Paul Reynolds reported that Justice Minister Alan Shatter had said the pair may have had assistance from outside the prison.

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    Mute Féach News
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    Jan 7th 2018, 3:38 PM

    So the original Americans are Russians. Trump finally vindicated. Those he’s accused of colluding with are his own people.

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    Mute Alois Irlmaier
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    Jan 7th 2018, 4:52 PM

    @Féach News: What Russian ever affect hat election… Trump seems now to be an eejit chosen to get Hillary elected but it backfired because people hated Hillary.

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    Mute Fiona Fitzgerald
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    Jan 8th 2018, 5:35 PM

    @Alois Irlmaier: I agree that more choice of candidates would have been better. Actually people didn’t “hate” her. Most of them voted for her as a candidate, after all. It’s a mistake to subscribe to any personality cult. US voters mainly chose between the Republican and the Democrat candidates. Between political parties. They really didn’t support a particular individual, or a vice-candidate, but the party’s general policies.

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    Mute Eugene Walsh
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    Jan 7th 2018, 4:17 PM

    Basically we are all kerrymen

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    Mute Alois Irlmaier
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    Jan 7th 2018, 4:53 PM

    @Eugene Walsh: Even the Vikings lol.

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    Mute Billy McNamara
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    Jan 7th 2018, 4:55 PM

    @Eugene Walsh: Noooooooooooooooooooooooo.

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    Mute Barry Barrison
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    Jan 7th 2018, 4:58 PM

    @Eugene Walsh: what a fu*kin depressing thought

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    Mute Eugene Walsh
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    Jan 7th 2018, 4:59 PM

    @Billy McNamara: Tom , well at long last
    Nooooooooooooooooo …. .. …

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    Mute Eugene Walsh
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    Jan 7th 2018, 5:00 PM

    @Alois Irlmaier: 8)

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    Jan 8th 2018, 1:16 AM

    @Eugene Walsh: except the Healy-Raes – Corkmen.

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    Mute Chief
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    Jan 7th 2018, 6:43 PM

    Interesting

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    Mute OU812
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    Jan 7th 2018, 5:52 PM

    There’s very little dna history of native Americans so anything like this is subject to interpretation.

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    Jan 8th 2018, 10:32 AM

    @OU812: There’s a lot of information in one person’s DNA.

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    Jan 7th 2018, 5:39 PM

    I seem to remember seeing a documentary showing that Australian Aboriginal settlements were found in America dating back to 50,000 years ago. Must see if it’s on YouTube.

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    Jan 7th 2018, 6:01 PM

    @Alan De Morrighan: think that was more South America. DNA from tribes in Amazon matching aboriginal DNA . Still pretty cool tho

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    Jan 7th 2018, 9:05 PM

    Great article really interesting. And shows that we were all immigrants at some stage.

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    Jan 7th 2018, 5:20 PM

    I don’t hate trump or Hillary but I would like neither to be the president of the USA but it is really is no business of mine

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