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

The rise in disorder comes after a prison officer in Mountjoy was slashed across the face by a prisoner on February 1 ...

Thank you for supporting Ireland's best local journalism! The Irish Prison Service (IPS) is in the process of setting up a 'jail within jail' in Portlaoise to accommodate some of the country's most ...

A SOLICITOR asked Judge Susan Fay to make an order allowing a forensic scientist into the Midlands Prison to investigate the ...

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

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

The Irish Mirror can reveal that prison bosses have moved highly volatile prisoner Benjamin Morrissey - who has almost 80 ...

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

Caolagh Grimes delves into the archives to bring you the news and images from yesteryear FEBRUARY 8, 1975 Gweedore sisters on ...

Now Morrissey has since been moved from Mountjoy Prison to the A5 unit of Portlaoise Prison. The unit is reserved for the country’s most volatile prisoners – and is also home to ruthless ...