{"id":248199,"date":"2026-01-16T18:07:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T18:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/248199\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T18:07:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T18:07:10","slug":"man-escapes-custody-on-way-to-cork-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/248199\/","title":{"rendered":"Man escapes custody on way to Cork Prison"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The incident occurred on Thursday afternoon<\/p>\n<p>16:06, 16 Jan 2026Updated 17:05, 16 Jan 2026<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0_Garda-stock.jpg\" alt=\"Garda (stock)\" loading=\"eager\"  \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"Garda (stock)\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Garda (stock)(Image: Artur Widak\/NurPhoto via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A prisoner has escaped from custody in Cork city. Garda\u00ed are working with the Irish Prison Service to investigate after a man fled from lawful custody yesterday while being brought to Cork Prison.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The incident occurred yesterday afternoon, Thursday January 15, and officials are now working to track him down. It&#8217;s understood the man was not yet behind bars at Cork Prison, but that he was in custody and was in the process of being brought to prison when he escaped and fled the scene. It&#8217;s understood he was being brought to prison in relation to an immigration issue.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A spokesperson for An Garda\u00ed S\u00edoch\u00e1na confirmed that an incident occurred on Thursday afternoon where a &#8220;prisoner escaped from lawful custody in Cork city yesterday afternoon, Thursday 15 th January 2026. An Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na continues to liaise with the Irish Prison Service and investigations are ongoing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">For the latest in breaking news across Cork and Munster, always think of <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.corkbeo.ie\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"CorkBeo.ieLink opens in a new tab.\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">CorkBeo.ie<\/a> with the biggest stories first.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Got a story? Send us a message on our Facebook page, leave a comment below or send us an email at <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.corkbeo.ie\/news\/local-news\/mailto:news@corkbeo.ie\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"news@corkbeo.ieLink opens in a new tab.\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">news@corkbeo.ie<\/a>. Read Cork&#8217;s latest news stories <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"http:\/\/here.\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"here.Link opens in a new tab.\" rel=\"nofollow\" tabindex=\"0\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Keep in touch! Follow us on <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/corkbeo\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"XLink opens in a new tab.\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">X<\/a> and <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/corkbeo.bsky.social\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"BlueskyLink opens in a new tab.\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Bluesky<\/a>, and like us on <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/corkbeo\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"FacebookLink opens in a new tab.\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Facebook<\/a>. CorkBeo is also on <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/corkbeo\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"InstagramLink opens in a new tab.\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/0_Untitled-5.png\" alt=\"\"  \/>Download the CorkBeo app<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Keep up-to-date with all the very latest from Cork Beo by downloading our app absolutely free! It&#8217;s the cleanest, smoothest browsing experience, with less advertisements and more breaking news direct to your phone or tablet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Select news that interests you by picking the topics you want to display on the app homepage. Plus, our enhanced user experience includes live blogs, video, interactive maps and picture galleries. Download it now to keep up with the latest news and features from across Cork!<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">To download the app from <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.reachplc.corkbeo&amp;hl=en_GB\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Google Play click here<\/a> or for <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/gb\/app\/cork-beo\/id1481984487\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Apple users click here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The incident occurred on Thursday afternoon 16:06, 16 Jan 2026Updated 17:05, 16 Jan 2026 Garda (stock)(Image: Artur Widak\/NurPhoto&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":248200,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[14641,7782,42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":{"0":"post-248199","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-cork-city","9":"tag-gardai","10":"tag-headlines","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-top-news","13":"tag-top-stories","14":"tag-topnews","15":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=248199"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248199\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/248200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=248199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=248199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}