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

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 ...

Bills for the site continue to mount, with the Irish Prison Service spending around €40,000 a year on its upkeep.

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

State paid €29m for Thornton Hall site, now worth just €6.5m Thornton Hall prison site in North County Dublin. Photo: Mark Condren The Irish Prison Service has spent more than €114,000 over ...

Prisoners were given nearly €6.8 million in taxpayers’ cash over the past two years in the form of pocket money while they served time behind bars, the Irish Mirror can reveal. They received ...