While there were 5,101 people in prisons across the country on February 6, there were 11 per cent fewer beds (546) ...

A pledge by prison leaders in Northern Ireland to hire 75 extra prison officers to meet rising demand has been eclipsed by ...

The Irish Prison Service has spent more than €114,000 over the past three years on an empty site bought more than 20 years ...

THE prison officer slashed in the face after an attack in Mountjoy Prison has undergone plastic surgery. It’s understood he’s ...

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THE dangerous inmate who sliced a highly-regarded prison officer in a shocking attack has been transferred to Ireland’s ...

A prison officer has been hospitalised after being slashed in the face by a violent inmate in Mountjoy jail. The suspect for ...

So is it time to ramp up efforts to find an alternative to prison, particularly for those who are sentenced to a year or less ...

“I am advised that the vast majority of disciplinary matters progressed by the Irish Prison Service under the Civil Service Disciplinary Code are attendance-related,” he added. The detention ...

Dogs for the Disabled, a charity started in Cork in 2007 with the aim of training specially bred dogs to assist disabled children and adults to live independent lives, was approached by a former ...

A Garda investigation is under way after a prison officer was assaulted in Mountjoy Prison in Dublin. Gardaí said the officer is being treated for non-life-threatening injuries at the nearby ...

The Irish Prison Service (IPS)’s long-awaited policy guidance on the appropriate housing of trans inmates has been delayed further, as officials struggle to identify a suitable model. Despite two ...