Plans to regenerate the site near Lisburn have been in limbo for almost 12 years due to a political row.

Inmates offered a job after completing the eight-week culinary skills 'confidence-building' programme don't always remain in ...

The Irish Prison Service (IPS) is set to spend around €600,000 on three new dogs to improve security and tackle the smuggling ...

Jailed former millionaire Nathan McDonnell is pleading for 23-hour protection in prison following his 12-year sentence as ...

Over 25 hospitality employers were invited to Cork Prison to enjoy a decadent five-course meal cooked by prisoners ...

The Irish Prison Service has been told to ensure that ‘do not resuscitate’ decisions for prisoners reflect “the free and informed consent” of the persons involved following the death of an ...

A prison officer has admitted plotting to smuggle drugs and “illicit” items into Maghaberry jail. Appearing at Craigavon ...

A 21-year-old man described by police as a “brutal child predator” is to serve 23 years in prison after being convicted of ...

A pensioner at loggerheads with his council has been given a four-month prison sentence – for building a log cabin on his own ...

Repeated offender Curtis Johnson is back in jail for drug-related charges, accused of selling meth for the Irish mob, a prolific prison gang.

Yet the Office of the Inspector of Prisons (OIP) Annual Report 2023 is clear that due to the significant levels of overcrowding right across our prison estate, the Irish Prison Service is unable ...