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# derek brockwell

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# derek brockwell
Two men charged over prisoner's violent escape from Tallaght Hospital
Derek Brockwell stabbed two prison officers in the escape last February.
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Jan 8th 2016, 12:10 PM
# Tallaght
ANOTHER prisoner has escaped from Tallaght Hospital
This time the offender in question was in the custody of gardaí, not the prison service.
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Apr 10th 2015, 9:50 AM
# say please
The Prison Service made 166 requests for armed escorts last year
… and the gardaí turned most of them down. And no one seems to know why.
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Mar 31st 2015, 4:32 PM
# strike looming
'Luas security guards have better stab vests than prison officers'
A ballot on industrial action will take place next week.
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Mar 4th 2015, 7:49 PM
# escape
Derek Brockwell has been transferred to a prison in England
The escaped prisoner has time left to serve on his UK sentences.
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Mar 4th 2015, 5:59 PM
# Prime Numbers
Sunday Independent, same-sex marriage and Snapchat: The week in numbers
Plus: How long were the water charge protesters jailed for?
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Feb 21st 2015, 7:00 PM
# re-arrest
Fugitive prisoner stabbed himself in stomach as police approached
He is suspected of carrying out two armed robberies while on the run from police.
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Feb 19th 2015, 4:35 PM
# derek brockwell
"No evidence" cutbacks were to blame for prisoner escape
It follows claims that requests for an armed escort to be provided for Derek Brockwell were refused.
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Feb 19th 2015, 2:18 PM
# escape
Why wasn't a prisoner on the run from the UK sent back there when he was arrested?
The Department of Justice says it was standard procedure.
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Feb 19th 2015, 6:00 AM
# derek brockwell
"There was blood everywhere": Eyewitness describes Derek Brockwell's escape from Tallaght Hospital
An eyewitness described what happened during the dangerous prisoner’s escape.
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Feb 18th 2015, 3:36 PM
# Manhunt
Derek Brockwell: Search for 'violent, hardened criminal' continues, as Minister orders full report
The two prison officers stabbed by Brockwell as he made his escape are said to be recovering well in hospital.
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Feb 18th 2015, 12:40 PM
# derek brockwell
Manhunt: Gardaí search for dangerous escaped prisoner Derek Brockwell after hospital attack
The man, a UK national, was serving a sentence for armed robbery.
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Feb 17th 2015, 11:35 PM