Kinahan cartel killer ‘Fat’ Freddie Thompson has been transferred to the Midlands Prison and is now in a single cell after a ...

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

Deise Moura dos Anjos, who was accused of fatally poisoning three members of her family with a Christmas cake, has been found ...

Gardai have been called in to investigate after the Midlands Prison tuck-shop, where wife-killer Joe O’Reilly works as a ...

Axel Rudakubana was due to appear at Liverpool Crown Court via video-link from London’s Belmarsh Prison on Tuesday for a mention hearing.

Applicant had been denied compensation because his application had exceeded the six-year period allowed under settlement ...

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

Governor David Treacy in one of the cells where bunkbeds accommodate two prisoners at Mountjoy. Picture: Moya Nolan Irish Prison Service (IPS) figures show there are 5,041 prisoners for 4,543 spac ...

A man who claimed he was subject to inhumane conditions in prison because he had to urinate and defecate in a bucket and then ...

Darragh O’Hare (31) caused more than €1,000 worth of damage when he smashed up a toilet and TV while having a “breakdown” in his cell, a court heard. Join the Irish Independent WhatsApp ...

Long awaited policy guidance on the appropriate housing of transgender prisoners has been further delayed, with prison officials struggling to find an international model which would suit Ireland.