Seeking political prisoner status, IRA prisoners in Portlaoise Prison embarked on riots and then hunger strikes which were ...

The court heard Morrissey’s previous convictions include assaults, drug dealing, criminal damage, theft and public order ...

Prison bosses have asked ‘Breaking Bad’ businessman Nathan McDonnell for help with a proposal to turn an old jail block into ...

FAT’ Freddie Thompson’s chances of reuniting with his son behind bars is “slim to none”, senior sources have revealed. Brad ...

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

TEN PRISONERS HAVE been taken to hospital in a serious condition after they apparently overdosed on an opioid in Portlaoise ...

Sean Maloney, 20 Ballywaltrim Heights, Killarney Road, Bray pleaded guilty to possessing drugs for his own use and for sale ...

IRA wing in Portlaoise high-security prison is closed for good marking the end of an era and leaving a handful of dissident ...

The company issued a statement after a Portarlington resident was given a four-month suspended prison sentence in respect of ...