A PROBE is underway after a plot to smuggle lethal shivs into Mountjoy Prison was foiled last week. The Irish Sun can reveal ...

THE PRISON service is at breaking point due to an overcrowding crisis, according to a shock new report by the Irish Penal Reform Trust. It found that the system had regressed in 11 areas, ...

The Irish prison system is “at breaking point”, and an overcrowding crisis demands an urgent response from the Government and ...

Ireland's prison system is "overwhelmed, overstretched and inhumane", according to a new report by The Irish Penal Reform Trust.

Overcrowding has resulted deteriorating conditions for inmates, reaching the threshold of inhumane and degrading', Irish Penal Reform Trust warns ...

Ireland’s prison system is "overwhelmed and overstretched" according to a new report from the Irish Penal Reform Trust.

Irish authorities were able to resolve an inmate hostage hours-long standoff at a prison with a chocolate candy bar. The ordeal at the Midlands Prison in Portlaoise on Saturday began with one inmate ...

A virtual tour of Ireland’s largest Prison, which aims to inform the public, and reduce anxiety among incoming prisoners and their visitors, is now known to have cost over €60,000 to develop and ...

The Irish Prison Service is considering the temporary release of more than 200 inmates across the country as Covid-19 outbreak fears intensify. The Prison Service would only release prisoners who are ...

In the course of her research, Louise Brangan has received funding from the ESRC, Fulbright Commission, British Academy and Leverhulme. Ireland has formally opened the new women’s wing of the Limerick ...

A whiskey distillery has opened inside Crumlin Road Gaol, once a notorious Belfast prison. Tourists in the Northern Irish capital can visit the McConnell's distillery on guided tours \- including a ...

Irish teacher Enoch Burke has been jailed for contempt of court for an indeterminate period, not given a life sentence for ...