Puska brothers in 23hr lock-up

THE brothers of murderer Jozef Puska are now on the same prison landing but are locked up for 23 hours a day after one of them was attacked.

- BY PAUL HEALY

It is understood Irish Prison Service bosses are finding the housing of Marek and Lubomir Puska extremely challenging — after one was brutally attacked by five inmates in a cell last Friday.

Now both brothers, who were last week jailed for two-an-a-half years for their role in withholding information that could've led to the prosecution of their murderer brother Jozef Puska, are locked up for 23 hours a day in single cells due to the threat to their lives.

Their suspected attackers are all facing P19 internal punishment and a Garda investigation following the incident.

Jozef Puska is serving a life sentence for the murder of schoolteacher Ashling Murphy, who he stabbed to death while she was out on a run in Cappincur, Tullamore, Co Offaly, on January 12, 2022.