A VIOLENT inmate who stabbed a prison officer in the face said he did it to try and get out of overcrowded Mountjoy Prison, ...

TWO men charged in connection with the biggest-ever drug seizure in Laois have been remanded in custody for a further two ...

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 ...

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