A woman tried to smuggle heroin into Portlaoise Prison in her underwear in an attempt to get money for a grave plaque.

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

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

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

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

THIS is the moment a drone is used to drop a flaming fireball into Mountjoy Prison in a bid to smuggle drugs to inmates.

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

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

THE former Garda who led the probe into the kidnapping of businessman Kevin Lunney has described the case as being “truly ...

A YOUNG Laois man is to be sentenced next month for the robbery of a car which subsequently crashed after being driven at ...