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THERE ARE CURRENTLY 94 sex offenders across the country who are being monitored under the conditions of a supervision order after being released from prison.
Judges in Ireland have the power to sentence sex offenders to a period of supervision following their release if they believe the person could pose a continuing threat to the community. It is usually in excess of a year.
Around 1,000 sex offenders are obliged to notify local gardaí of their address when they move into the area and to tell them at any stage if they are leaving. However post supervision orders go a step further.
Terms of post-release supervision may include that an offender attend specified psychological counselling or other treatment. Gardaí can also apply to a judge to stop an offender from attending certain places such as schools, play-grounds or even nightclubs.
Numbers in your region
In response to a recent parliamentary question from TD Denis Naughten, Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald revealed the numbers of sex offenders currently being monitored across the country.
Unlike in some other countries, members of the public in Ireland are not entitled under the law to view the sex offenders register or to find out where in their area offenders are living,
No repeat offending
These offenders are monitored by the probation service which says the work of the probation officer “focuses on the offence committed and its implications for public safety, helping the offender to see the past offending behaviour as a problem, and developing strategies and supports to ensure there is no repeat offending”.
If a sex offender fails or refuses to comply they are liable to a class fine or to imprisonment for a maximum of 12 months, or both. Though Naughten also requested figures for non compliance with these supervision orders, the minister said these were not “readily available.
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See, this is what happens when you slag off the red line.
Ha exactly.
Yup… those red liners will be laughing all the way to the post office or the methadone clinic this Wednesday morning wondering just what exactly is this ‘work’ thing that their South Dublin counterparts are so concerned to be missing.
Red Line is South Dublin from Saggart to Houston Station. At least consult a compass when composing your slurs!
Autocorrect thinks it’s in Texas.
Very funny Drew … not.
Drew the south Dubliners have to “work” as you put it to afford the shed loads of cocaine every weekend!
Aye we do…. For taxes purposes though we’re working to afford our ‘columbian overseas foreign aid’ donation.
Running the red line through gang territory has now paid off. Its so used to gun shots puny lightening doesn’t frighten it
Was there not a stabbing on the green line recently????
Another blow in who probably doesn’t have a clue..
There was, my comment was tongue in cheek (written onboard a red line tram)
The new machine gun turret on top will have that sorted .
Funny too, Felix. We might be posting from the same train.
**looks around nervously**
@ Shane Walsh only spotting your comment now:
If using the red line since its inception in 2004 first for school & college, and now to go to work making in excess of 460 trips per year (allowing for annual leave/bank holidays) for the last 6/7yrs qualifies me as a blow in so be it
Good response to my early morning moany reply. Remind me to shake your hand at the Kingswood Stop in the morning ;) ;)
^^^now thats freaky!! :-)
hahahaha :) :) :) Happy Wednesday.
Shussss don’t tell anyone
Threw a fuse in her. Be grand. If she keeps blowing throw a bit of fag paper or a 10 mil bolt in her. Also be grand. Ish.
Its same problem as yesterday. They dont have the skills to repair. Any technical fault and they have to go to the foreign companies that built it. Makes you wonder why they pay local engineers? After last nights investigations they have just madw the problem worse by disabling the whole line.
Fragile wee thing that Luas….
This is obviously God’s way of telling liberal South Dublin to vote No! Subtle, but I get the message.
Not a bad thing, considering that Enda’s gang were lying in wait to ambush the electorate for a vote on something that they dont really give a s**t about.
It’s that Breda O’brien playing with the new testiment weather kit …
It’s running again now
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