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THE IRISH PENAL Reform Trust (IPRT) has said that Travellers coming from prison need a dedicated strategy to stop them re-offending.
The IPRT says in a new report, Travellers in the Irish Prison System: A qualitative study, that effective ethnic monitoring in prisons, a dedicated strategy for Travellers in the criminal justice system, and targeted reintegration supports are needed to support Traveller prisoners to escape the cycle of exclusion and offending behaviour.
The report finds that Travellers are disproportionately represented in the Irish prison system, a trend found in other countries with an indigenous minority ethnic population.
Underlying factors, the report says, include poverty; social and educational disadvantage; racial discrimination; literacy problems; mental health problems; and drug and alcohol dependency.
Discrimination carries on into prisons, the report found, where staff and other prisoners compound problems with literacy and mental health.
On release, Travellers experience problems in accessing housing and estrangement from their communities.
Deirdre Malone, Executive Director of IPRT said that the report was “overdue”.
One of the key recommendations to emerge from our research is for the Irish Prison Service to develop an equality policy for all minority groups in prison, including Travellers, and to put in place a dedicated strategy for Travellers to ensure that prison does not further compound the social marginalisation that is often at the root of offending behaviour.
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Was it a big hammer or a LIDL hammer.
Random acts of violence are becoming increasingly commonplace… society creaketh at the seams!
if he had waited until weekly special thursday he could have used a chainsaw, ski suit or telescopic bathroom and tile mop instead of that hammer!
Thousands of euros worth of damage, if it happened in Dunnes or Tescos it would have been tens of thousands of euros worth of damage!!
Hope it wasn’t a hammer he purchased there, astonishing shop this lidl, go in for A slice pan and leave with a wet suit :)
There are things in the world man was never meant to see and one of them was a young wan, skirt hiked up and trying on the bottom of a wet suit in Lidl. Thank God she had remembered to put her clean drawers on.
Too Funny :)
Hope it wasn’t one of those hammers he bought in the ALDI specials for €4:99.
It was his money. He just didn’t want to fill out the forms.
According to the Evening Echo he didn’t even steal anything.. just smashed the place up and waited around to get caught
Maybe he’s trying to break someone out of prison!
Think he’s making arrangements for his own abode over the Christmas.
Hammer time..
Every Lidl helps…
Was he hammered ?
No, Lidl was! I’ll get my coat…
No you can stay Mary, that was a good one, Tim walked straight into it he did…
Thanks, Mr Phil. ‘Twas irresistible, in fairness!
Mary… Do you know what Hammered means in Cork…;-)
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Not to worry he’s out this morning in time to collect his welfare.
Why is age always important, but nationality isn’t?
Why is nationality important in this story to you?
He didn’t say it was.
Nationality is no more important than his age, yet every article mentions age. 0 articles mention nationality. Can anybody care to explain?
I’d like to know his shoe size.
What about eye colour? Why is that never ever mentioned???
Hat size would also be helpful.
Size matters.
Age is important. A teenager acts totally different to someone in their thirties or a pensioner. It says a lot about a person.
I presume the nationality is Irish if it doesn’t say but sometimes it can sound racist if they single out a nationality. (It’s not racist. Just stating a fact)
The poor guy obviously has a mental illness. Sad story really.
€2.27 worth of damage done.
Lidl now have about 10% of the Irish market – and is rising fast.
I find it extraordinary that the destruction of private or business property by someone clearly deranged would be a source of humour to so many. Are we really that far gone as a Society?
This miserable world is a little more bearable if you allow yourself to have a sense of humour sometimes.
Hugh. We are not s society anymore – just pissed off people living and moaning on a small island, unable to elect a government capable of doing their job.
Hugh need to lighten up.
Neal
If it takes the destruction of property to bring some joy into your world or life I would recommend you see a psychiatrist urgently!
Hugh, I am already accessing appropriate psychiatric services as needed but thanks for you concern.
He smashed up LIDL . It’s now just LDL
wot?
*tumbleweed*
Irish Water carried the story on their website but they had to update it three times as they kept getting the damage estimates wrong. Currently, they’re reporting damage of €450,000,000 but they won’t know for sure until the survey is complete!!!!
Probably a Tesco worker!
The Irish indo puts the figure at 100.000 euros.
He was hammering down the prices!
It be nice if we were told which lidl it’s not like there’s only one in cork like
Ballincollig. B A L L I N C O L L I G , sez so in the article.
Ballincollig.
Sorry half blind today ha ha
It wasnt right to single out Lidl. He shoulda done M&S as well.
With those prices it practically stealing
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