On March 1, 1981, Bobby Sands, an Irish Republican Army (IRA ... of four handguns and spent the next three years in Long Kesh prison where he was regarded as a political prisoner.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Midlands Prison in Portlaoise, Co Laois, was subject to the most “Category A” complaints in 2023, according to the latest annual report of the Office of the Inspector of Prisons.

Irish eyes shouldn’t be smiling over Ireland’s newest celebrity resident, Rosie O’Donnell. “Good luck, that’s all I’m going to say. . . . Don’t try to send her back to us, OK?” ...

A man is on a mission to visit every Irish pub in the world. Colm Dalton, from County Kerry, won't quit until he visits every Irish pub in the world, and so far he has made it to 97 pubs in 47 ...

You can check out at any time. More info A former assistant governor of Ireland’s largest prison failed to pay an employee nearly €7,000 in redundancy following the closure of a barber shop ...

You can check out at any time. More info The Irish Prison Service (IPS) is set to spend around €600,000 on three new dogs to improve security and tackle the smuggling of drugs and other ...

The Irish government has started the process of working out the cost implications of a united Ireland. Details of the significant development came to light after an Irish government report found ...