Kinahan cartel killer ‘Fat’ Freddie Thompson has been transferred to the Midlands Prison and is now in a single cell after a ...

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. Rebecca Gaughran (34) of 64 The Square, Riverbank, Drogheda, Co Louth is accused ...

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) ...

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

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

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

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

Two men have appeared in court charged with the seizure of over €14 million worth of drugs in Co Laois earlier this week.

Two men have appeared in court in connection with a €14 million drug seizure. Nearly 200kgs of cocaine as well as 4kgs of ...