SHOCK AS 15 INMATES DEAD IN IRISH PRISONS 14
Hutch gang hitman one of deceased
Cloverhill Cloverhill Prison in West Dublin in October.
He was on remand after his arrest on October 4 following a Garda operation in Ashtown, Co Dublin.
A firearm, a number of rounds of ammunition, a Halloween mask and a Photos: @WARRIORSFEST container of petrol were allegedly discovered in the vehicle he was in.
The Irish Sunday Mirror understands O’toole was arrested en route to a suspected gangland hit on a Kinahan cartel associate. The man, from Finglas, North Dublin, was known to gardai and Smoke billows from the blaze in Sligo yesterday Blaze in Sligo town yesterday was understood to have had connections with the Hutch gang.
The Office of the Inspector of Prisons conducts an investigation into the death of all prisoners in custody.
All are investigated by gardai with an inquest held at a Coroner’s Court.
The inquests into 14 prisoner deaths are still pending.
A total of 14 prisoners died in custody in 2015, while a further eight inmates passed away while on temporary release.
Eight people died in custody in 2014, nine in 2013, five the previous year and six deaths were recorded in 2011.
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