It was with great sadness that we learned of the death, today Tuesday 28th February 2023, of Mr Denis Collier, Ballyknockane, Templetuohy, Thurles, Co. Tipperary and formerly of Templetuohy village, Thurles, Co. Tipperary.
Pre-deceased by his wife Kitty, his brother Tom, sister Nuala (Stakelum), daughter-in-law Angela; Mr Collier passed away peacefully, while in the care of staff at Beacon Hospital, Beacon Court, Bracken Rd, Sandyford Business Park, Sandyford, Dublin 18; surrounded by his loving family.
His passing is most deeply regretted and sadly missed by his loving family; daughters Mary (Hennessy) and Mairead (Drury), sons Tom, Ray, Kevin, brother Jim (New York), sisters Margaret (Burke, Mullingar), Marie (Brennan, New Jersey), daughters-in-law Margaret and Louise, sons-in-law, John and Joe, grandchildren Sinead, Diarmaid, Conor, Tomas, Christine, Catherine, Declan, Fiona, Sean, Aidan, Niamh, Aoibheann, Fionn, Tadgh, Eoin, Nuala’s husband Gerry, Jim’s wife Bridget, brothers-in-Law, sisters-in-law, nephews, nieces, extended relatives, neighbours and a large circle of friends.
The Minister for Justice, Mr Mr Simon Harris, has welcomed the graduation of 131 Recruit Prison Officers at the Print Works, Dublin Castle today. Of the 131 graduating, 23 are women and 108 are men, with 6 of these new recruits recorded as being born outside of the Irish State.
Under Budget 2023, a €6.5m additional staffing package was secured for the recruitment of circa 100 additional staff. Accordingly, the Prison Service has indicated that, overall, it intends on recruiting up to 260 staff in 2023 including Recruit Prison Officers, Work Training Officers, Trades Officers and Nurses.
The new officers have now completed their Higher Certificate of Arts in Custodial care (HCCC) and have already been assigned to prisons throughout the country.
New officers have also been assigned to the Operational Support Group, which prevents contraband entering prisons, detects prohibited articles in prisons and prevent the direction of crime from prisons, and the Prison Service Escort Corp, who escort people in the custody of the Irish Prison Service to and from court appearances and other necessary engagement in the community.
Speaking at the graduation ceremony yesterday evening, Minister Harris said: “I am delighted to be here this evening to welcome and congratulate the new graduates and their families. This graduation ceremony is a fitting celebration and acknowledgement of the education and hard work undertaken by each of you to date, and your commitment to your careers in the Irish Prison Service. Being a prison officer means providing safe and secure custody, dignity and care for those in the custody of the State and fundamentally contributing to the rehabilitation within our prisons. Prison officers wear many hats – you have to be good listeners, coaches, authority figures, but above all else it means bringing humanity to your work each and every day. As Minister for Justice, I am acutely aware of the vital role you play in the criminal justice system. Victims need to know that where serious crimes are committed, an appropriate sentence will be served. The Government will always appreciate the job you do. I would like to thank all of you for making this commitment to serving the State. Your work will ultimately change lives for the better and contribute to building safer and stronger communities.”
The Prison Service has also made significant progress in the delivery of training to existing staff. Not only is the training designed and delivered by experienced operational staff, but a significant amount of training is delivered in the “live” environment of a prison.
This training is accredited by south east technological university (SETU) as the Higher Certificate of Arts in Custodial Care and reflects Level 6 of the NQAI framework.
The Higher Certificate in Custodial Care is a two year part-time programme, developed and delivered jointly by the Irish Prison Service and South East Technological University (SETU), which is designed to develop the professional competencies of Prison Service staff in working with people in prison. The Higher Certificate of Arts in Custodial Care is intended to facilitate a greater understanding of how officers can confront challenges through the exploration of different subjects including, Resilience, Mental Health, Social Psychology and Human Rights.
Pre-deceased by her baby son Patrick, sisters Kathleen, Theresa (Boyle), Mary (Murphy) and her brother Pat; Mrs Broderick passed away peacefully at her place of residence, surrounded by her loving family, following a long illness most bravely borne. Her passing is most deeply regretted by her devoted family; husband PJ, sons Peter and David, daughter Marguerite, adored grandchildren Ellie, John, Tommy, Grace, Jack, Ben, Cian and Lorcan, daughters-in-law Elaine and Michelle, son-in-law David, sister Ursula (Hanrahan), brothers Michael and Johnny, nephews, nieces, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, cousins, extended relatives, neighbours and a wide circle of friends.
Requiescat in Pace.
Funeral Arrangements.
The earthly remains of Mrs Broderick will repose at Hugh Ryan’s Funeral Home, Slievenamon Road, Thurles on tomorrow afternoon, Wednesday, March 1st, from 5:00pm until 7:00pm same evening. Her remains will be received into the Cathedral of the Assumption, Cathedral Street, Thurles on Thursday morning, March 2nd, at 10:30am, to further repose for Requiem Mass at 11:00am. Interment will take place immediately afterwards in St. Patrick’s Cemetery, Moyne Road, Thurles, Co. Tipperary.
For those persons who are unable to attend the funeral service for Mrs Broderick, same can be viewed, streamed live online HERE.
The extended Broderick family wish to express their appreciation for your understanding at this difficult time and have made arrangements for those persons wishing to send messages of condolence, to use the link shown HERE.
EPA inspections find that the Food & Drink and Waste Sectors continue to dominate the EPA National Priority Site List.
Thirteen sites were identified as National Priority Sites in 2022, six of these sites were from the Food & Drink sector and five were from the Waste sector.
The most common issues identified at these sites were non-compliance with emission limit values, poor operation of waste water treatment plants and the handling and storage of waste at waste processing sites.
The EPA carried out 1,434 inspections at EPA licensed sites during the year This was an 11 per cent increase on 2021. 87 per cent of these inspections were unannounced.
One billion euros has now been secured by the EPA in the form of financial provisions to protect the taxpayer in the event of an environmental accident or incident at a licensed site.
The EPA today published the 2022 Industrial and Waste Licence Enforcement Report, an annual summary report on the enforcement activities carried out in 2022, alongside the list of sites which were designated as National Priority Sites. during the year. Commenting on the publication, Dr. Tom Ryan, Director, EPA’s Office of Environmental Enforcement said: “Our enforcement activities are risk based and are, in particular, targeted at sites that are not complying with their licence requirements. We carried out over 1,400 inspections of industrial and waste licensed activities and a further 58 inspections of unauthorised activities which require a licence. Eighty seven per cent of these inspections are unannounced.”
He added: “The thirteen sites on the National Priority Sites List in 2022 were the subject of targeted enforcement action. While this represents only 1.5 per cent of the total sites licensed by the EPA, it is disappointing that the Food and Drink sector continues to make up a significant proportion of these. A small number of sites is threatening the green sustainable image that sector endeavours to project. Our aim is to ensure that all sites, across all sectors, resolve their environmental issues, return to compliance and operate without giving cause for complaints from their neighbours.” In summary, there were 13 facilities on the National Priority Sites list in 2022, with 6 from the food and drink sector and a further 5 from the waste sector.
These sites included:
2 dairy processing facilities.
3 slaughtering facilities.
1 food processing facility.
3 waste transfer stations.
1 anaerobic digestion plant.
1 landfill site.
National Priority Sites for 2022
* Arrow Group Limited includes the activities at this licensed site of Dawn Farm Foods Ltd, TCFG Naas Ltd (also known as The Culinary Food Group), QK Coldstores Ltd, Dawn Farms Distribution Ltd and Maudlins Waste Management Ltd.
The annual report also highlights some of the other key enforcement activities of the EPA including the fact that the amount of financial provisions secured by the EPA exceeded one billion euros for the first time in 2022. Commenting on this milestone Mr. Darragh Page, Programme Manager, EPA’s Office of Environmental Enforcement said: “EPA licensed sites need to put in place and maintain sufficient financial provision so that they can pay for remediation or aftercare of their site, and for any potential clean-up that may be required following an accident or incident. This funding is secured and fully accessible to the EPA should the need arise. The EPA has secured over one billion euros in financial provisions from licensed sites. These financial provisions mean that the public purse is protected and that the taxpayer will not have to pick up the costs in the event of an environmental accident or incident at any of these licensed sites.”
The Industrial and Waste Enforcement Report 2022 and the associated statistics are available HERE.
Predeceased by her husband Joseph; Mrs Boland passed away peacefully, surrounded by her loving family, while in the care of staff at Tara Winthrop Nursing Home, Swords, Co. Dublin.
Her passing is most deeply regretted and sadly missed by her loving daughter Bernie, sons Seamus, Frank and Kevin, brothers Ned and Willy, sisters Josephine and Carmel, her adoring grandchildren Robert, Alan, Emma, Sean, Niamh, Karen, David, Darren and Keith and their partners, great grandchildren, Nicole, Lauren, Caoimhe, Aveen, Conor, Ciara, Eoin, Molly, Lydia, Harison, Vivienne and Emmet, daughters-in-law Norma, Christine and Celine, son-in-law Billy, brother-in-law Des, sisters-in-law Linda, Martha, Chris, Mary, Peggy, Betty, Berry, and Gertrude, nephews, nieces, extended relatives, neighbours and friends.
The extended Boland family wish to express their appreciation for your understanding at this difficult time and have made arrangements for those persons wishing to send messages of condolence, to use the link shown HERE.
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