How the Irish cannabis market has been transformed by legalisation in other countries
Canada and Thailand also sources of multimillion-euro uptick in supply of drug to Irish market in past two years
Mountjoy Prison
Judge orders arrest of Enoch Burke after he turns up at Wilson’s Hospital School
Barrister for the school says principal should not have to be dealing with this situation
Women prisoners left to huddle in doorways during storm while locked outside
New report details ‘stark’ and ‘degrading’ conditions in the Irish prison system driven by record overcrowding
Enoch Burke leaves Mountjoy Prison after High Court orders release to prepare for hearing
Teacher tells judge he intends to immediately return ‘for work’ at Wilson’s Hospital School upon release
Irish prison conditions among the worst ‘anywhere’, chief inspector tells politicians
Committee told Mountjoy in Dublin no longer a viable option, with Thornton Hall site yet to be developed
‘Cockroaches, cold cells, wet walls, broken toilets’ among Mountjoy inmates’ complaints
Overcrowding highlighted as main issue in annual Mountjoy Prison Visiting Committee report
‘It has changed my whole life’: How ‘listeners’ in Wheatfield Prison support fellow inmates
Prisoner support volunteers respond to about 170 calls each year, with family and loneliness common issues
Enoch Burke returned to prison after being arrested close to Wilson’s Hospital School
Teacher trespassed at Wilson’s Hospital School last week in latest repeated breach of court orders
Man faces trial for possessing mobile phone in Mountjoy and directing criminal gang
Three other men and a woman appear in court on connected changes
Politicians want to ‘look tough’ on crime, but locking people up in dysfunctional prisons is not the answer
There is something very problematic about the current political approach to crime, repeatedly cramming more into prisons
The show mustn’t go on for RTÉ underperformers, say RTÉ news staff
Plus: Fungus inspired by octopus; and what hens behind bars tell us about Mountjoy Prison
Imagine living with a stranger and a shared toilet in a space the size of a parking bay
Our prisons are in crisis – but the answer isn’t more prisons
All secure prisons now at, or above, capacity with Mountjoy reaching 1,000 inmates
System comprises 12 secure and two open facilities with all secure jails now at 100% to 163% of capacity
How Senator Aubrey McCarthy befriended notorious murderer the Black Widow
Plus: Still waiting for Shane Ross to dish the dirt on RTÉ; ex-Ireland player’s country house plans hit a brick wall and team Trump take aim at an Irish ‘DEI musical’
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