Justice minister Jim O’Callaghan said the Irish Prison Service (IPS) must accept all people committed by the courts and has no control over those numbers The €45m, purpose-built prison opened ...

Some 592 prisoners were on temporary release from all prisons on Friday. The Irish Prison Service (IPS) said in a statement that it must accept into custody all people committed to prison by the ...

A call for “urgent” action to save a world famous Lisburn heritage site from demolition has been made by Councillor Gary ...

And in an interview with The Irish Sun on Sunday, the Prison Officers’ Association deputy general secretary Gabriel Keaveny warned the system is at breaking point. Mr Keaveny said ...

Conor McGregor has announced his presidential run in Ireland, days after visiting U.S. President Donald Trump in the White House. McGregor, 36, shared the news on Instagram Thursday, making his ...

A domestic abuser who strangled his former partner twice and maintained having limited recollection of either incident has narrowly avoided prison. Kristen Maguire (31) of Ladybrook Parade in ...

Conor McGregor will run for the Irish presidency in elections later this year, the controversial former fighter said on Thursday, as he announced his candidacy for the largely ceremonial role on ...

Tommy Robinson has lost a bid to bring a High Court challenge against the Government over his segregation in prison. Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, is serving an 18-month ...

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Fresh from the United States, they were shoved onto buses and hauled into the prison under blinding klieg lights. They were forced to their knees and guards shaved their heads and faces with blunt ...