Locals stall opening of Thornton Hall for up to 1,000 asylum seekers
A group of local residents has made an application to the courts to halt the project in north Co Dublin
Irish Prison Service
Award of €40,000 to prison officer almost a decade ago quashed over lack of evidence of disability
Long-running case involving prison officer Robert Cunningham was the subject of a High Court action before being referred back to the Labour Court
Irish YouTube guru Paddy Galloway sticks it to stuffy career-guidance counsellors everywhere
Graham Dwyer prosecutor Seán Guerin defends his home plans; the Irish public annoy Donald Trump; and Irish journalists snub Paddy Cosgrave’s Web Summit
Early release of sex and high-risk offenders suggested as solution to overcrowded jails
Minister for Justice Helen McEntee rejects proposals by officials but looks at other measures to free up prison capacity
Prison overcrowding crisis is forcing policy makers to turn to increasingly radical solutions
Report from the Prison Overcrowding Response Group paints a stark picture of Ireland’s penal institutions
Death of Martin Salinger in Cloverhill cell was ‘hugely traumatic’ for his family, funeral told
Horse and carriage driver Salinger was stabbed to death in prison last weekend
Man who was stabbed to death at Cloverhill Prison named as Martin Salinger (43)
Horse and carriage driver, who lived in Ballyfermot and had his own business, was in prison over drugs and firearms offences
Man arrested after Cloverhill prisoner dies following early morning altercation
Man, who was on remand over alleged drugs and firearms offences, received emergency treatment but was pronounced dead
Army pulls out of Portlaoise Prison after 51 years in wake of IRA clear-out
The threat from subversives is judged by security officials to be much reduced since the end of the Troubles following the Belfast Agreement
More gardaí and strengthened public order units planned
Budget 2025: Government pledges to recruit between 800 and 1,000 extra gardaí next year and create more prison spaces
Sharp drop in number of prisoners being approved for enhanced remission
Prison officials increasingly using other forms of early or temporary release to ease record overcrowding
Creating ‘diverse, open and welcoming platform’ a key aim for Culture Night 2024
Arts Council hopes people will engage more in local projects after experiencing some of 1,700 free events nationwide later this month
Investigation after TikTok video posted showing ‘unlawful entry’ to former Cork Prison site
Irish Prison Service says consultants assessing facility, which closed in 2016, with view to providing feasibility report into site’s future
Arts Council to gift books to inmates in 13 prisons across country on Culture Night
Thirty titles from some of Ireland’s most beloved writers will be distributed, with some authors reading excerpts for prisoners
Calls for addiction to be treated as a mental health issue
Probation expert says homelessness and addiction are almost like ‘manifestations of mental health difficulties’
Staff in ‘distress’ over plight of chronically mentally ill prisoners in jails
About 40% of women in Dóchas prison at any time are on remand pending trial, visiting committee found
‘I tried to get help for my son after a manic episode. Instead he got a criminal record’
Almost 8 per cent of male remand prisoners have current or recent psychotic symptoms, 10 times the community rate
Sharp rise in early release of inmates due to prison overcrowding
There has been a 60% increase in grants of temporary release since the eligbility rules were relaxed last year
Cluster of overdoses linked to opiate nitazene ‘came out of the blue’ - HSE clinician
State authorities remain on red alert due to high risk to life from synthetic opiate that is up to 25 times more potent than fentanyl
Ireland almost unique in granting prisoners early release, Government review finds
Prisoners in Ireland are entitled to 25 per cent off their sentences, regardless of behaviour
Prison Service should step up efforts to stop contraband entering jails, says report on prisoner’s death
Report published into death of 34-year-old prisoner at Cloverhill Prison
Gardaí suspect well-known gangland criminal smuggled overdose drugs into Portlaoise Prison
Eleven men treated in hospital after overdosing on Tuesday have since been discharged and returned to custody
Portlaoise Prison overdoses: Three prisoners in intensive care after consuming suspected synthetic opioid
Quantity of powdered substance recently smuggled into high-security prison has been found and sent for analysis
Flaming tennis balls, drones and corrupt guards make drug smuggling rife within Irish prisons
Suspected highly potent synthetic opioids ingested by 11 inmates at Portlaoise Prison who were then hospitalised
Prison overcrowding making drug problem worse, warns Irish Penal Reform Trust
Record number of people incarcerated at present and penal system operating at 112 per cent capacity
Ten prisoners hospitalised after suspected drug overdoses at Portlaoise Prison
Prison staff believe batch of highly potent synthetic drugs consumed by prisoners
Prisoner arrested over bomb threat to Taoiseach’s Co Wicklow home
Threat was made via Samaritans service in late June, prompting search at Simon Harris’s home in Greystones
Judges could recommend minimum sentences of 30 years or more for worst crimes under proposals
Parole Board will retain ultimate responsibility for deciding release date despite proposed reforms
What’s behind the record increase in prisoner numbers?
Prisoner numbers have increased by 26% in the last five years, forcing authorities to try frantically to find ways to alleviate overcrowding
Urgent alert issued after nitazine causes fatal overdose in unnamed prison
Irish Prison Service ‘working closely’ with HSE in response to detection of synthetic opioid which led to a series of overdoses last year in Dublin and Cork
Nathan Carter’s Castlerea prison concert: Patrick Freyne goes behind the scenes of a surreal gig
Event in aid of paediatric ward in Sligo hospital, Mayo hospice and Roscommon youth services
Former mother and baby home resident alleges she was given wrong child at birth
Expected bill for outstanding legal claims against the State has surpassed €5 billion for the first time
Gardaí suspect bomb threat to Taoiseach’s home came from prisoner
Phone call on Wednesday evening was made to a Samaritans helpline, and the organisation immediately raised the alarm
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