Irish Prison Service

Total Page:16

File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb

Irish Prison Service Irish Prison Service Independent External Audit of Prisons Catering Year 2001 1 Irish Prison Service Irish Prison Service Independent External Audit of Prisons Catering Year 2001 May, 2002 2 Independent External Audit of Prisons Catering Independent External Mission Statement of the Irish Prison Service The mission of the Irish Prison Service is to provide safe, secure and humane custody for people who are sent to prison. The Service is committed to managing custodial sentences in a way which encourages and supports prisoners in their endeavouring to live law abiding and purposeful lives as valued members of society. 3 Irish Prison Service BAILE ÁTHA CLIATH ARNA FHOILSIÚ AG OIFIG AN tSOLÁTHAIR Le ceannach díreach ón Oifig Dhíolta Foilseacháin Rialtais, Teach Sun Alliance, Sráid Theach Laighean, Baile Átha Cliath 2. nó trid an bpost ó Foilseacháin Rialtais, An Rannóg Post Tráchta 51 Faiche Stiabhna, Baile Átha Cliath 2. Teil: 01 647 6834/35/36/37 nó Fax: 01 647 6843 DUBLIN PUBLISHED BY THE STATIONERY OFFICE To be purchased directly from The Government Publications Sales Office, Sun Alliance House, Molesworth Street, Dublin 2 or by mail order from Government Publications, Postal Trade Section, 51 St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2. Tel: 01 647 6834/35/36/37 or Fax: 01 647 6843 €5.00 ISBN 0-7076-9293-8 Contact Details: Irish Prison Service Headquarters, Monastery Road, Clondalkin, Dublin 22. Phone +353 1 461 6000 Fax + 353 1 461 6027 Website: www.irishprisons.ie 4 Independent External Audit of Prisons Catering Independent External CONTENTS 5 Foreword 7 Introduction 9 Irish Prison Service Standards 9 Resources and Resource Development 10 Monitoring and External Audit 11 The Prison Institutions 11 Catering and Hygiene Audits 2001 15 Mountjoy 16 Dochas Centre 18 Training Unit 20 Mountjoy Medical Unit 22 St Patricks Institution 24 Arbour Hill 26 Wheatfield 28 Shelton Abbey 30 Shanganagh Castle 32 Cork 34 Fort Mitchel 36 Limerick 38 Castlerea 40 Loughan House 42 Portlaoise 44 Curragh 46 Cloverhill 48 Midlands 50 Catering Matrix 52 Hygiene Matrix 54 6 Independent External Audit of Prisons Catering Independent External Foreword 7 Food safety has become a matter of major public interest in Ireland and throughout Europe in recent years. The Hygiene of Foodstuffs regulations which were enacted in Ireland in 1998 and 2000 gave effect to European law on the matter. In the context of large scale institutions like prisons, food safety is immensely important. Within prisons, particular risks arise because large numbers of people are in close confinement together. Irish Prison Service As a consequence of drug misuse many people may be unwell or be more at risk of succumbing to illness. It is essential in the management of prisons to be assured that the highest possible standards are maintained where food safety is concerned. An indication of the scale of our operation can be gleaned from the fact that over 3,000 persons are held in prison custody on a daily basis in this jurisdiction with a throughput of in excess of 10,000 persons per annum. The Irish Prison Service, with the support and advice of CERT, have been engaged in an active programme of development and quality assurance for prisons catering in recent years. This programme is now yielding significant benefits. It has been conducted in close conjunction with the Food Safety Authority of Ireland. A key aspect of the development programme for prisons catering is the establishment of an independent external audit so as to provide comprehensive reports of the quality standards being achieved and to highlight areas in need of greater attention. In line with the policy of increased openness in the management of our prisons a decision was taken to publish summaries of these audits from the year 2001 onwards. This is the first of these publications. A characteristic of prisons catering is the inter agency partnership that operates between three public service bodies, the Irish Prison Service, CERT who bring training expertise of the highest standard and the Food Safety Authority of Ireland who have regulatory as well as hygiene promotion responsibilities. The improvement in prisons catering in recent years is testament to the professionalism within these three organisations. We can and do achieve excellence in standards when the occasion demands. Much credit must go to the many individuals both staff and prisoners whose work in relation to catering in the prisons is responsible for what has been achieved. Credit goes also to the staff of CERT and to the specialist advisors whom they engaged and also to the staff of the Food Safety Authority of Ireland. The progress that has been achieved to date is attributable to the commitment and effort of all these people. The summary audit reports show that in overall terms there is a good operational standard in prisons catering. They show also that some further work remains to be done. This further work is already in the course of being carried out in several cases. Thus the independent audit process helps all concerned in the positive development and maintenance of high standards of public service delivery. Martin Hickey Co-ordinator of Work and Training Irish Prison Service May 2002 8 Independent External Audit of Prisons Catering Independent External Introduction Concerted action has been taken in the Irish Prison Service in recent years to ensure 9 satisfactory standards in the provision of food for people in custody. The enactment of food safety regulations in the years 1998 and 2000 meant adopting new procedures in relation to hygiene and taking the steps necessary to maintain compliance with these regulations. Irish Prison Service Food is immensely important in prison. What matters is the quality of food on the prisoners’ plates. What is required is wholesome food, properly prepared and well presented. It is an essential aspect of having decent conditions in prison. Prisons catering for many years has been developed in accordance with a strategy which is now well established within the Irish Prison Service. Central to this strategy is a clear and up to date set of standards for all aspects of catering. The strategy also depends on having a well trained workforce of prison officers and prisoners. The prisoners who are involved receive certified training which is accredited by FETAC and provides them with marketable skills which they may use after their release to get employment. A further aspect of the established strategy concerns ongoing monitoring of performance and the use of an independent external audit to support the development of strategy and the maintenance of standards. This publication presents a summary of the findings of the external audit in the year 2001. Standards A set of standards for prisons catering has been developed and introduced. These are fully documented. They were developed/introduced in consultation with the staff in the prisons who are engaged in prisons catering. They were developed with the assistance of CERT and several other specialist advisers. They are subject to ongoing review and improvement where appropriate. Menus, Standard Recipes and Costs These set out standard menu cycles for the prisons which are recommended by professional dieticians and which are kept under review. A vegetarian cycle is included and the dietary needs of ethnic minority groups can be met. They include standard recipes for all cooked dishes and provide alternative dishes to permit changes to be made in the menu cycle at local discretion. The recipe manual has colour photographs showing how each meal is to be presented on the plate for the guidance of servery workers. The standard menu cycle is being extended to 21/28 days during 2002/2003 for all prisons. This arrangement has already been introduced on a pilot basis with success at some prisons. The menu cycles and the standard recipes together provide a basis for preparing standard costs at each prison and of controlling catering expenditure. IS 340 This standard has been prepared by the National Standards Authority of Ireland in consultation with the catering industry and is the standard required to achieve compliance with SI 165 of 2000, Hygiene of Foodstuffs regulations. The Hygiene Mark, which is awarded by Excellence Ireland, assesses caterers by reference to this standard. It is planned to establish the use of the Hygiene Mark at all prisons as a quality assurance procedure during the 2002/2003 period. At the end of the year 2001 seven prison kitchens had achieved the Hygiene Mark. Safety Standards 10 These provide standard safe operating procedures for the various hazards present in kitchens and a safety induction training manual for use in the prison kitchens is available. This material is being reviewed and revised at present to ensure that it reflects current best practice. Food Specifications These set out detailed requirements for all foodstuffs being purchased for the prison kitchens. They deal with all issues of hygiene arising in relation to the food being supplied. They are reviewed periodically and will be reviewed during 2002/2003. Independent External Audit of Prisons Catering Independent External Resources and Resource Development Most prisons have reasonably new kitchens. The exceptions are St. Patricks and Fort Mitchel (a new kitchen is now being built at Fort Mitchel and will be fully operational in the early part of 2002). Catering audits indicate that many prison kitchens need minor modifications and maintenance attention. The prison kitchens are reasonably well equipped. There is an adequate provision of staff posts allocated to work in the prison kitchens and dining-rooms. All of these posts are part of the industrial staff structure in the prisons involving grades of Industrial and Assistant Industrial Supervisor and Cook Officer. In addition, each prison has a team of prison officers to carry out relief duties in catering as need arises.
Recommended publications
  • Arts and Sciences By
    THE IRISH UPRISING OF EASTER 1916 AND THE EMERGENCE , , OF EAMON DE VALERA AS THE LEADER OF THE IRISH REPUBLICAN MOVEMENT i\ THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS IN HISTORY IN THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF THE TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES BY BARBARA ANN LAMBERTH, B.S. DENTON, TEXAS AUGUST, 197 4 Texas Woman's University Denton, Texas ____J_u_n_e_26 .,_ 19 __7-1 __ _ We hereby recommend that the thesis prepared wider our supervision by Barbara Ann Lamberth "The Irish Uprising of Easter 1916 and entitled . �· � the Emergence of Eamon de Valera as the Leader of the Irish Republican Movement" be accepted as fulfilling this part of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts. Committee: f\'ERSITY ,... .. ) \ ;) . TABLE OF CONTENTS PREFACE V CfLI\PTE R ., I. EAMON DE VALERA--THE STATESMAN . 1 II. DE VALERA--THE PRIVATE YEARS . 9 22 I I I. EASTER 1916--THE BLOOD SACRIFICE: THE PRELUDE IV. EASTER 1916--THE BLOOD SACRIFICE: MILITARY 56 ACTION . V. EASTER 1916--THE BLOOD SACRIFICE: FROM 92 DEFEAT TO VICTORY ... ........ 116 VI. DE VALERA--COMING TO LEADERSHIP .. 147 CONCLUSION APPENDIX 153 A. THE MANIFESTO OF THE IRISH VOLUNTEERS . 156 B. PROCLA MATION OF THE IRISH REPUBLIC .. • 158 c. MANIFESTO TO THE PEOPLE OF DUBLIN . 160 D. SPEECH OF DE VALERA .. , 163 E. THE MANIFESTO OF SINN FEIN F. THE TEXT OF THE SAME MANIFESTO AS PASSED BY THE DUBLIN CASTL� CENSOR • . .. � • .. 166 G. IRISH DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE . • .•169 , , 171 H. CONSTITUTION OF DAIL EIRANN • • 1 73 I.
    [Show full text]
  • Download the Schools Pack
    The 1916 Rising and County Wexford Introduction The 1916 Rising and County Wexford pack is an introduction to County Wexford’s contribution to the uprising of that year. It offers information on many aspects: causes and context, a timeline of events, the aftermath, profiles of some local leaders, the role of women, and arts and literature inspired by the Rising, among others. Extracts from original documents of the period - letters, newspaper accounts, and witness statements are included. The selection provides a flavour of life in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in Ireland and in County Wexford. It is intended to encourage and enable students to embark on further study. The pack includes references for all sources quoted and offers guidance to sources and resources for further research. The 1916 Rising and County Wexford pack cannot and does not attempt to tell the story of the Rising in its entirety. Rather, it introduces the reader to the wealth of information available in primary sources - an essential starting point for all reliable research- and in books, websites and other e-sources. The pack focuses in particular on local supports - the materials in the Wexford Studies Collections located on the top floor of the County Library in Mallin St., Wexford town, and in the Wexford County Archive collections in Ardcavan, Wexford. While every effort is made here to offer as current a resource as possible, you are directed also to the Council’s website for the 2016 Commemorations, www.enniscorthy1916.ie which will be updated beyond the print date of this publication.
    [Show full text]
  • Response of the Government of Ireland to the Report of The
    CPT/Inf (2020) 38 Response of the Government of Ireland to the report of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) on its visit to Ireland from 23 September to 4 October 2019 The Government of Ireland has requested the publication of this response. The CPT’s report on the September/October 2019 visit to Ireland is set out in document CPT/Inf (2020) 37. Strasbourg, 24 November 2020 Response of the Government of Ireland to the report of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) on its visit to Ireland From 23 September to 4 October 2019 November 2020 - 2 - Introduction Background The Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) made its seventh visit to Ireland from 23 September to the 4 October 2019 pursuant to Article 7 of the European Convention which established the CPT. As is normal practice in the case of a periodic visit, the CPT wrote to the Irish Authorities on 4 April, 2018 announcing that the CPT will include Ireland in its programme of periodic visits for 2019. On 9 September 2019, the CPT indicated that the visit would begin on 23 September 2019 and was expected to last 12 days. On 16 September 2019 the CPT made known the preliminary list of places it wished to visit. The details of the visit, including the composition of the delegation, places visited and the CPT's recommendations, comments and requests for information are contained in its Report to the Irish Government.
    [Show full text]
  • The Irish Volunteers in North Co. Dublin, 1913-17
    Title The Irish Volunteers in north Co. Dublin, 1913-17 By Peter Francis Whearity SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MA IN LOCAL HISTORY DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND MAYNOOTH Supervisor of research: Dr Terence A. Dooley December 2011 Contents Page Illustrations iii Abbreviations iv Acknowledgment v Map 1 specifically made for this study vi Map 2 Ordnance Survey of Ireland, Townland Index, for County Dublin vii Introduction 1 Chapter 1 The formation of the Irish Volunteer movement 10 Chapter 2 The National Volunteer movement 28 Chapter 3 The Redmondite-split and its aftermath 47 Chapter 4 The 1916 Rising in north County Dublin 68 Chapter 5 The aftermath of the Rising 88 Conclusion 111 Appendix 121 Bibliography 134 List of Tables Table 1 Irish Volunteer companies formed in north County Dublin up to 11 June 1914 27 Table 2 Irish national Volunteer companies formed after 11 June 1914 45 Table 3 National Volunteer companies at the time of the Redmondite-split 58 Table 4 County Dublin Volunteer membership figures for the period beginning July 1914, until Apr. 1916 67 Table 5 Places in north County Dublin from where arrested men came from after the Rising 90 i Table 6 Age profiles of north County Dublin men arrested after the Rising 92 Table 7 Marital status of north County Dublin men arrested after the 1916 Rising 93 Table 8 Occupational profiles of north County Dublin men arrested after the Rising 94 Table 9 Category A prisoners from north County Dublin after the Rising 96 Table 10 Category B prisoners from north County Dublin after the Rising 97 Table 11 Category C prisoners from north County Dublin after the Rising 98 Table 12 Classification of arrested north County Dublin men on R.I.C.
    [Show full text]
  • Belfast Heritage Trail
    Slí Oidhreachta Bhéal Feirste 1916 Belfast Heritage Trail Following Belfast’s Footsteps to the Easter Rising 2 Slí Oidhreachta Bhéal Feirste 1916 Belfast Heritage Trail 1916 and the Easter Rising changed Irish History, whilst the main events and the executions were centred in and around Dublin the full part played by those from Belfast has never fully been recognised until now. This new heritage trail uncovers the story and recognises the roles of many individuals from Belfast who played their part in organising one of the most historic events of the 20th century when a small group of Irish rebels took on the British Empire. 15 granite plaques have been commissioned and erected throughout the city that uncovers Belfast’s hidden heritage and showcases this seminal moment in the history of our city. 1 Eoin MacNeill Location: Lincoln Avenue, Antrim Road Eoin MacNeill was born in Glenarm, County Antrim, on 15 May 1867. He attended the local Protestant school in the village and St Malachy’s College, Belfast. He worked in the Accountant General’s office, Dublin and completed a degree course in economics, jurisprudence and constitutional history at Trinity College, Dublin. In 1893 he was involved in the formation of the Gaelic League. Also an Irish Volunteer, he was selected as Chief of Staff. On Easter Sunday 1916 an advertisement appeared in the newspaper the Sunday Independent and signed by Eoin MacNeill countermanding the order for the Irish Volunteers to mobilise. As a result, the Volunteer movement was thrown into a state of confusion. This led to the postponement of the rising until the following day, as a result the Rising was confined mainly to Dublin.
    [Show full text]
  • The European Network for Research, Action and Training in Adult Literacy and Basic Education (Dublin, Ireland, May 25-30, 1991)
    DOCUMENT RESUME ED 407 490 CE 073 854 TITLE The European Network for Research, Action and Training in Adult Literacy and Basic Education (Dublin, Ireland, May 25-30, 1991). A Seminar Organised by EUROALPHA. Adult Basic Education in Prisons. SPONS AGENCY Commission of the European Communities, Brussels (Belgium). PUB DATE May 91 NOTE 137p. AVAILABLE FROM Education Unit, Wheatfield Place of Detention, Clondalkin, Dublin 22, Ireland. PUB TYPE Collected Works Proceedings (021) Opinion Papers (120) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC06 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS *Adult Basic Education; Basic Skills; *Correctional Education; *Correctional Rehabilitation; Criminals; Developed Nations; Foreign Countries; *Literacy Education; Program Development IDENTIFIERS *Europe ABSTRACT This conference report on adult basic education in European prisons contains the following introductory materials: a list of participants, the program, and introductions to the seminar by Frank Dunne and Pierre Freynet. "Keynote Address" (Robert Suvaal) discusses five items a prison educator must deal with: philosophy, position of education in prison and policy aiming at the best possible opportunities for education in prison, profile of the teacher, practice, and Prison Education Networks and Prison Cooperations. Summaries follow of three group discussions on issues raised by the keynote address. "Basic Education and Literacy in the Dutch Penal Institutions" gives an insight into prison education in the Netherlands by pointing out trends and pressure points. "Looking at Literacy and Adult Basic Education in Republic of Ireland: Working in Prisons" (Pam Lorenz) compares literacy provision in Ireland with that in its prisons. "Adult Basic Education in Prison" (Pere Diaz et al.) describes education in Spain's two penal administrative systems--Catalonia and the rest of Spain.
    [Show full text]
  • View/Download
    PART NINE OF TEN SPECIAL MAGAZINES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH 1916 AND COLLECTION Thursday 18 February 2016 www.independent.ie/1916 THOMAS CLARKE AND THE SURRENDER, TRIALS AND EXECUTIONS + The Rising that shook the world 18 February 2016 I Irish Independent mothers&babies 1 INTRODUCTION Contents Richmond Barracks 4 NAILS IN THE COFFIN Leanne Blaney looks at how the leaders were put to death finally recognised 6 WORLDWIDE ECHOES Eoin Hahessy examines the global impact of the Rising IT is rightly referred to as the of his friend who was one of the “lost chapter” in the 1916 story. executed 1916 leaders. 7 SIXTEEN DEAD MEN Many people may not know Ledwidge’s friend, mentor and Lucy Collins on WB Yeats’s poem of its existence, but in the fellow Meath man, Lord Dunsany narrative of the dramatic events was a captain in the Royal 8 THE QUIET FENIAN of the Easter Rising in Dublin, Inniskillings and it was to him Helen Litton on the fires that Richmond Barracks, Inchicore that the poet gave the manuscript burned within Thomas Clarke played a significant role. of Lament for Thomas Now, a century on, it is getting McDonagh. ARCHIVES 10 READ ALL ABOUT IT ready to take its place as one of The barracks was converted Felix Larkin reveals how Dublin the State’s seven “permanent to housing in the 1920s and newspapers covered the Rising reminders” of renamed Keogh Square, which 1916, alongside the likes of its declined into a slum and was GRAPHIC 12 OFFICER IN A BLACK CAP near neighbour, Kilmainham demolished in the 1960s to make TO Robert D Maxwell profiles courts Gaol, the GPO, and Patrick Restoration work underway way for St Michael’s Estate, an PHO martial judge Charles Blackader Pearse’s cottage in Rosmuc, Co at Richmond Barracks equally notorious flats complex Galway.
    [Show full text]
  • Library Association of Ireland Annual Report and Membership Register 2011
    Library Association of Ireland Cumann Leabharlann na hÉireann Annual Report 2011 WITH MEMBERSHIP LIST The Library Association of Ireland Cumann Leabharlann na hÉireann c/o 138-144 Pearse Street Dublin 2 Annual Report 2011 ©The Library Association of Ireland 2012 ISSN: 0791-6248 www.libraryassociation.ie Design by David Cooke Printed by Dual Print Contents List of Abbreviations 4 Children and Youth Affairs: Submission List of Useful Websites 4 to the Department’s first Statement Foreword 5 of Strategy, 2011–2014 25 Honorary Officers & Executive Board 7 Library Ireland Week 2011 25 Honorary Officers 2010-2012 7 Library Ireland Week 2012 26 Executive Board 2011-2012 7 Arts, Sport and Tourism: Submission for Developing the Profession 8 Department’s Statement of Strategy Professional Standards 8 2011-2013 27 Employment Support for Members 9 Protecting cultural heritage: Irish Blue International Accreditation for Irish Shield Committee 27 Professional Qualifications 9 Libraries supporting Creativity in Older Age: Current Status of Health Librarianship and The Bealtaine Festival 27 Libraries in Ireland 9 Public Libraries Development 28 Continuing Professional Development (CPD) 10 Supporting Co-operation between Libraries 29 CPD Events 10 EBLIDA 29 CDP Online 11 Committee on Library Co-operation in Ireland Fellowship and Associateship Awards 12 (COLICO) 29 Joint Conference 2011 with CILIP Ireland 13 North–South Liaison Committee 29 Annual General Meeting 2011 15 IFLA Health and Biosciences Section Resolutions Passed at the meeting for Standing Committee
    [Show full text]
  • Participants Involved
    JCN workshop “Transnational Comparative Analysis” Dublin (Ireland) 12 – 15 of June 2013 Name Organisation 1 Elina Ruuskanen Ministry of Justice Finland 2 Kirsti Kuivajärvi Criminal Sanctions Agency, Finland 3 Tiina.vogt-airaksinen Criminal Sanctions Agency, Finland 4 Sanna.kohvakka Criminal Sanctions Agency, Finland 5 Jörg Jesse Ministry of Justice Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany 6 Tanja Klee Ministry of Justice Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany 7 Barbara Hansen Ministry of Justice Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany 8 Julia Müller Waldeck Prison, Germany 9 Grit-Christin Ladwig Regional Office for Probation & Supervision (LaStar), Rostock, Germany 10 Prof. Dr. Frieder Duenkel University of Greifswald, Germany 11 Dr Ineke Pruin University of Greifswald, Germany 12 Katriin Savitš Tallinn Prison, Estonia 13 Pille Tunger Tallinn Prison, Estonia 14 Rait Kuuse Tallinn Prison, Estonia 15 Taavi Kruus Tallinn Prison, Estonia 16 Viktoria Tinnuri Tallinn Prison, Estonia 17 Elisabetta Della Donne Pixel, Italy 18 Robert Templeton Health Service Executive 19 Stephen Doyle Care after Prison Ltd 20 Patricia Bourke Homeless Executive 1 21 Elizabeth Toal Homeless Executive 22 Daragh Bailey PACE 23 Lisa Cuthbert PACE 24 Det.Sgt. Jennifer Molony An Garda Siochana 25 Det. Garda Geraldine Coldrick An Garda Siochana 26 Jerry Williams IASIO-Irish Assoc. for Social Integration of Offenders) 27 Cameron Glynn IASIO-Irish Assoc. for Social Integration of Offenders) 28 Beatrix Sheehan Homeless Persons Unit 29 Judith Leetch Probation Service, Mountjoy
    [Show full text]
  • Kildare War of Independence Timeline
    A Timeline of the War of Independence in County Kildare, 1919-1922 A Timeline of the War of Independence in County Kildare, 1919-1922 Mario Corrigan, James Durney, Kevin O Kelly with Kevin Murphy and Karel Kiely A Timeline of the War of Independence in County Kildare, 1919-1922 Mario Corrigan, James Durney, Kevin O Kelly with Kevin Murphy and Karel Kiely © Kildare Local Studies, Genealogy and Archives Department, Kildare Library Services, 2021 This booklet is published as part of the Co. Kildare Decade of Commemorations Programme for 2021. It is supported by the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media under the Decade of Centenaries 2021-2023 initiative. An Roinn Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical including downloading, photocopying or recording, or by any information storage or retrieval systems, without permission in writing from the publisher. The photographs remain the property of the photographers, owners and Kildare Library Services respectively. @kildaredecadeofcommemorations Web: www.kildare.ie/ehistory @cilldara2016 Cover Photo: Burning of Connaught Lodge 1922 Courtesy of Frank Goodwin and Cill Dara Historical Society Rear: Postcards: Hare Park, Naas Barracks, Newbridge Barracks, Kildare Barracks, Curragh Camp and Rath Camp Courtesy of Local Studies, Genealogy and Archives Dept., Kildare Library Services. Flag: Mario Corrigan Printed in Ireland Naas Printing Ltd., Naas, Co. Kildare Tel: (045) 872092 Email: [email protected] 2021. Dedication To all those who sacrificed so much so that we might have a better life Glossary Adjt.
    [Show full text]
  • April 2016-Remembering 1916
    The priests in Westland Row parish spent a lot of time in Holles Street Remembering 1916 Maternity Hospital. Fr O’Reilly and Fr Fleming ran errands of mercy in various parts of the parish and all ministered to those who had been wounded during the battle at Mount Street Bridge. Fr O’Reilly also spent time at Boland’s Mills, going there under cross-fire to attend to dying volunteers. Holles Street opened its doors to all casualties during the Rising and after the surrender, the Irish Automobile Club ambulances transferred patients to St Vincent’s Hospital. These ambulances also brought bread and flour from Boland’s Mills over a four-day period, thus ensuring people did not starve. The church tower in Haddington Road was occupied by military, dressed in civilian clothing. They told the clergy they believed volunteers were hiding there and once there, they used it for their own purposes. One of the Curates, uring Easter Week 1916, priests of Another Curate, Fr John Flanagan, Fr James Doyle, was summonsed to the Archdiocese of Dublin made spent most of Easter Week in the GPO. He minister to a Lieutenant Hawkins. He was Dthemselves available to minister was actively involved in ensuring the brought to No. 72 Haddington Road and to all those in need, even if it meant wounded were transported safely to had to cross the road under heavy putting their own lives in danger. Jervis Street Hospital. gunfire. After receiving the sacraments, Mgr Michael Curran, secretary to Over 40 people sought refuge in the Lieutenant Hawkins died.
    [Show full text]
  • 6 Prison Service Victims Charter
    Prison Service Victims 6 Charter 37 6: Prison Service Victims Charter WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM THE PRISON SERVICE We will: • try to rehabilitate all offenders sentenced to prison, so that other people will not become victims of their crimes; • make sure that in all cases of temporary release, we will take into account any possible risk to the victim; • make every effort to prevent an offender in prison from causing further upset to victims; • tell the Garda Síochána about the release of all sex offenders; • tell you when the offender is to be released from prison – either on temporary release or at the end of their sentence – if you or a member of your family ask for this. In cases where the release is ordered by the Court, we will usually tell you after the event; and • tell you about other relevant developments regarding the prisoner’s sentence if you ask us – such as transfers between prisons or parole board hearings (for prisoners sentenced to eight years or more). If you want us to tell you about the release or any other important developments, please send your request to the Prisons Victim Liaison Officer at the address below. IF WE DO NOT MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS If you have any questions or complaints about the Irish Prison Service, you can contact the: Victim Liaison Officer Tel: (043) 333 5100 Irish Prison Service Headquarters Fax: (043) 333 5101 IDA Business Park Email: [email protected] Ballinalee Road Website: www.irishprisons.ie Co. Longford. 38 VICTIMS CHARTER and guide to the criminal justice system ROLE OF THE PRISON SERVICE The Prison Service manages prisons in Ireland.
    [Show full text]