Vol. 559 No. 1
394 Mr. J. O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of prison visiting committee members attached to the various prisons in the State; the number of committee members who reside conveniently to the prisons to which they have been appointed, as envisaged in the Dáil debates on the Prisons (Visiting Committees) Bill, 1925; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25822/02]
A visiting committee is appointed to each prison under the Prisons (Visiting Committees) Act, 1925, and Prisons (Visiting Committees) Order, 1925. There are currently 16 such committees. I am satisfied with the composition of the visiting committees. There are no specific criteria used in selecting individuals for appointment. The composition of each committee is drawn from as wide a spectrum as possible to ensure that the needs of prisoners are understood and met. This is the long standing practice used by successive Ministers in appointing members to the prisons visiting committees. The function of visiting committees is to visit at frequent intervals the prison to which they are appointed and hear any complaints which may be made to them by any prisoner. They report to me any abuses observed or found by them in the prison and any repairs which they think may be urgently needed. The visiting committee have free access either collectively or individually to every part of their prison. In inspecting prisons, the visiting committees focus on issues such as the quality of accommodation and the catering, medical, educational and welfare services and recreational facilities. The committees also submit annual reports to me which are subsequently published.
A table of all the visiting committees setting out the county in which the individual member resides follows for the Deputy's information.
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Prisons |
Names |
Location |
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Arbour Hill Prison |
Eugene Rudden |
County Dublin |
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Thomas Lynch |
County Cork |
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Donal O'Meara |
County Kerry |
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John Sheehy |
County Clare |
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Tom Fleming |
County Kerry |
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Willie Foley |
County Limerick |
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Geoff Levis |
County Cork |
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John Murphy |
County Cork |
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Eithne Killeen |
County Dublin |
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Seamas Quinn |
County Galway |
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Rita Hayes |
County Dublin |
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Castlerea Prison |
Michael Kelly |
County Donegal |
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Nuala Carroll |
County Dublin |
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Ken Glynn |
County Westmeath |
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Susan Meagher |
County Tipperary |
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Prisons |
Names |
Location |
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Sean McCann |
County Mayo |
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Val Ryan |
County Cork |
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Christy Gorman |
County Meath |
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Michael Nevin |
County Longford |
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Rosemary Farrell |
County Louth |
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Geraldine Lambert |
County Clare |
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Billy Burgoyne |
County Galway |
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Mary Devine O'Callaghan |
County Roscommon |
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Cloverhill Prison |
Cait Ní Fhaoláin |
County Waterford |
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Eugene Murphy |
County Roscommon |
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Peggy Downey |
County Meath |
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Martin O'Toole |
County Mayo |
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Ned Harty |
County Cork |
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Joe Carroll |
County Cork |
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Francis Brennan |
County Donegal |
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Fintan Hudson |
County Wicklow |
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Marie Cleary |
County Donegal |
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Eddie Martin |
County Wicklow |
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Michael Coyle |
County Louth |
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Edward Moriarty |
County Kerry |
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Cork Prison |
Danny Harkin |
County Donegal |
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Peter Cassidy |
County Dublin |
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John O'Neill |
County Kildare |
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Bosco O'Farrell |
County Meath |
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Sadie Jordan |
County Dublin |
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Colette Carter |
County Dublin |
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Jack Roche |
County Cork |
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Eddie Creighton |
County Limerick |
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Anne Butler |
County Waterford |
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Ray O'Mahony |
County Cork |
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Donal O'Shea PC |
County Cork |
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Curragh Place of Detention |
Gerry McMahon |
County Limerick |
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Paddy Cullotty PC |
County Dublin |
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Evelyn Varley |
County Galway |
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Margaret Coady |
County Waterford |
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Clare Murphy |
County Kildare |
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Mary Ryan |
County Kildare |
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Terry Leyden |
County Roscommon |
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Margaret Adams |
County Mayo |
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Esther Fottrell |
County Galway |
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Michael Anglim |
County Tipperary |
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Michael Cahill |
County Kerry |
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Tommy Heraghty |
County Leitrim |
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Fort Mitchel Place of Detention |
Maurice Brick |
County Dublin |
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Seamus O'Connell |
County Waterford |
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Mary Green McGoldrick |
County Clare |
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Tony Fox PC |
County Dublin |
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Joseph Murphy |
County Cork |
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John Hodnett |
County Cork |
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Angela O'Connor |
County Dublin |
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Elizabeth O'Beirne |
County Galway |
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Kevin O'Neill |
County Cork |
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Eamon Rafter |
County Laois |
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Elizabeth Leahy |
County Limerick |
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Dan Collins |
County Cork |
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Limerick Prison |
John Dowling |
County Limerick |
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Tim O'Driscoll |
County Limerick |
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Michael Doherty |
County Longford |
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Michael Fahy |
County Galway |
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Ger Connolly |
County Offaly |
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Collette Scanlon |
County Kerry |
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Tom O'Keeffe |
County Kildare |
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Ann O'Keeffe |
County Limerick |
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Robert Mulcahy |
County Limerick |
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Eileen O'Brien |
County Cork |
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Noirin Mitchell |
County Limerick |
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Teresa Lynch |
County Cork |
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Loughan House Place of Detention |
Willie McDermot |
County Donegal |
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Denis Brosnan |
County Kerry |
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Eugene Delaney |
County Mayo |
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Rita Delahunty |
County Dublin |
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Eddie Feeley |
County Cavan |
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Clifford Kelly |
County Cavan |
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Kathleen Richie |
County Cavan |
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Prisons |
Names |
Location |
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Niall McCole |
County Donegal |
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Alice Bonner |
County Donegal |
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Brendan Hughes |
County Monaghan |
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Martin Doonan |
County Sligo |
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Mary Kathleen Johnston |
County Sligo |
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Midlands Prison |
Breandán MacGearailt |
County Kerry |
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John Cronin |
County Kerry |
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Colm Wylie |
County Clare |
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Charlie O'Connor |
County Dublin |
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Teresa Mulhare |
County Laois |
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Jennifer Murnane O'Connor |
County Carlow |
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Paddy Boland |
County Offaly |
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Danny Bell |
County Dublin |
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Nuala Halpin |
County Dublin |
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Colette Vaughan |
County Cork |
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Eileen Morris |
County Galway |
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Brigid Teefy |
County Limerick |
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Mountjoy Prison |
Bernie Nolan |
County Dublin |
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Paddi Connellan |
County Longford |
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P. J. Morley |
County Mayo |
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John O'Leary |
County Kerry |
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Stephen Langton |
County Kildare |
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Michael Donegan |
County Cork |
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Basil McGill |
County Galway |
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Bridie Fitgerald |
County Kerry |
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Desmond Gibney |
County Dublin |
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Pierce Wyse |
County Roscommon |
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Betty Minihane |
County Dublin |
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Portlaoise Prison |
Michael Murphy |
County Cork |
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Michael Haugh |
County Tipperary |
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Michael Maguire |
County Tipperary |
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Paddy Connolly |
County Cork |
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Eileen Curran |
County Kerry |
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Tom Twomey |
County Dublin |
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Jim Lanigan |
County Meath |
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Catherine Quinn |
County Dublin |
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H. H. J. Gray |
County Laois |
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Mary Wheatley |
County Carlow |
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Catherine Rochford |
County Offaly |
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Shanganagh Castle Place of Detention |
Jim Kelly |
County Dublin |
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Francis Corcoran |
County Galway |
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Tony McCarthy |
County Kerry |
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Marie O'Brien Campbell |
County Louth |
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Dick Ryan |
County Cork |
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Brian Byrne |
County Dublin |
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Patrick Boland |
County Dublin |
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Rose Dunne |
County Dublin |
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Shelton Abbey Place of Detention |
Patrick Kilduff |
County Roscommon |
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Kevin Fitzgerald |
County Wicklow |
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Pat Doran |
County Wicklow |
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Oonagh Doyle |
County Wicklow |
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Pat Fitzgerald |
County Wicklow |
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Colette Douglas |
County Dublin |
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Hugh O'Keeffe |
County Wicklow |
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P. J. Sheridan |
County Kildare |
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John Byrne |
County Wicklow |
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Peadar Clohessy |
County Limerick |
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Kathleen Maher |
County Tipperary |
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St. Patrick's Institution |
Colm O'Donnell |
County Roscommon |
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Victor Fisher |
County Donegal |
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Mary O'Regan |
County Kerry |
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Hugh Conaghan |
County Donegal |
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James Ladden |
County Kerry |
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Patrick O'Sullivan |
County Kerry |
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Hugh Lynn |
County Roscommon |
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Noel Cloak |
County Leitrim |
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Mary Murphy |
County Galway |
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Michael Burns |
County Cork |
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Training Unit Place of Detention |
Evelyn White |
County Kilkenny |
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Denis Falvey |
County Kerry |
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Aiden Mullally |
County Kerry |
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Matt Ryan |
County Tipperary |
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Tras Honan |
County Waterford |
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Kathleen Diamond |
County Sligo |
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Noel Coade |
County Wicklow |
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Prisons |
Names |
Location |
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Deirdre Kenneally |
County Cork |
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Geraldine Foster |
County Dublin |
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Mary Kelly |
County Dublin |
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Patsy Geraghty |
County Galway |
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Wheatfield Place of Detention |
Tom Hussey |
County Galway |
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Pat Leahy |
County Waterford |
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Pat Driscoll |
County Kerry |
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Michael O'Shea |
County Kerry |
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Mary Hoade |
County Galway |
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Jody Gunning |
County Offaly |
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Phil Sheridan |
County Meath |
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Kieran Molloy |
County Westmeath |
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Walter Lacey |
County Carlow |
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Martin Miley |
County Kildare |
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Kathleen Hickey |
County Kerry |
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Rena Donaghey |
County Donegal |
