{"id":593861,"date":"2026-08-15T07:50:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T07:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/593861\/"},"modified":"2026-08-15T07:50:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T07:50:08","slug":"early-release-of-publican-alison-chawke-reignites-debate-over-revolving-door-prison-sentences-in-ireland-irish-independent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/593861\/","title":{"rendered":"Early release of publican Alison Chawke reignites debate over \u2018revolving door\u2019 prison sentences in Ireland &#8211; Irish Independent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi-gFBVV95cUxON1piWEF1ZWY2VHlfUllaM2RUcTAwaWFxS0VoeVBqbjdLZExDOENrUWV1Vkc1eXNhZW9URVdpaDVYOXVGZW4wMUlSUjVkSWVUeUR4MTRPTmtUWVhIUlJhR2RlTW1IZF8tY2tzV2k3bEctT2l6cDhCT0VnNFBpSDVockp0MlpON3gxT3o2SkhkNVlQR2oyWktMZTc4S3I2ZHpTUUlyMExiemVtU011TU5zeGlVNEhLZWNmRWQyTFpScktTNWlrVlJZVkNTOWMzeE1qTEdycmplVzVwWHpQMWdqd2p6WlVIUnZJc1JaMjFkQ1FiR3ZGbXFUb0Z3?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Early release of publican Alison Chawke reignites debate over \u2018revolving door\u2019 prison sentences in Ireland<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Irish Independent<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMifEFVX3lxTFBNcG5DQTJmNGEtRl9tcDY3NmIzWU5wbEhSTFBodmQ3QkUwRFpQSWk5X0kwb3I5a2tNdTRERUNxdlpVRko0UzMycFlMZ0NHRkVsd2E3R1J6RkFKNFBnMWVDYVNjYkoxcEoxanBUak9iT1BjcTZYbW5fMVctMm0?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Impact of short jail terms raised after Chawke release<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;RTE.ie<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMickFVX3lxTE9UNHFHV053MGN0UG5OaWtic2VWSy1PMEFOSGlWUFNjdFU5Vk10SW94UmdfY1BWT2V5RzVreXQ5LUxJSzJWZVF1LThvVjlScmF1aVNoQjVvTk1YYlZRNEl2Y1JzRW02eEtZS1NvX2hNSnNqUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Undermining confidence in our legal system<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Irish Examiner<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi1AFBVV95cUxPRVU5dlh5TUJ4bE9Na3c0Sm5obnlON0UxcVk2STc3b2V1ZVdiaGE3S3dRWERRaXV6ZV9WbUstWWs0N2c5Tmxwa3ZvU005T0htZVNTVmdpS0pOQ2l3QzI2QkFZQ3dKaHdSbF92Y3ZSLVVEN1Q5VzktOFRPNlp4VVR0YzZMZi0xblI2NDItOUdzSTk4TE44V0NHWnlwVGxqdkpGWkJrREZsaEEyN1FNYXFhQTh0ZEZxaF9velE0VXRnZUNHR3d0TWVhOE5Pa1hIamFONzFjMw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sinn F\u00e9in TD says &#8216;serious questions have to be asked&#8217; about early release of Alison Chawke<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BreakingNews.ie<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMivAFBVV95cUxPT21MRXZKV1dNbmJCcEY0NFp0NGFRQmoyWjBYTWNuNWstVENBSDRiOWowT1lEWWNyUGNJOXF5aVFtenE5ekpiNzhnTDgwRzdXbUVYcDl4M1ozRW9Nc0tOeDRsSXlVdUh1WVdOc2VuLUt1TUlSSWw4cmdyVTFEVWtVb2l2di04WS1LVGFpczJVdFdqTXpPRVgzd09ZTmdIbk9vZ0xPQ1E4Mm9PVVMtdlF2SHZyVm51LTh1M1V3Vg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Alison Chawke prison release raises \u2018serious questions\u2019 says Sinn F\u00e9in TD<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Irish Times<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Early release of publican Alison Chawke reignites debate over \u2018revolving door\u2019 prison sentences in Ireland&nbsp;&nbsp;Irish IndependentImpact of short&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":500322,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":["post-593861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593861","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=593861"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593861\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/500322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=593861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=593861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=593861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}