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, including ...

Irish prisons are at "breaking point" amid an overcrowding crisis, a huge rise in attacks, broken toilets, and "unsafe" conditions. The Irish Mirror reports that the number of prisoners who assaulted ...

The IPS stressed no prisoners from the mainstream prisons are getting out for Christmas despite extreme overcrowding ...

The public are being granted never before seen access to one of the country's biggest prisons - in a virtual guided tour. The Irish Prison Service has today launched an incredible immersive virtual ...

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137 prisoners are set to be granted varying periods of temporary release this Christmas. The periods of release vary from a ...