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

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

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

TEN PRISONERS HAVE been taken to hospital in a serious condition after they apparently overdosed on an opioid in Portlaoise ...

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

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

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.

THE dangerous inmate who sliced a highly-regarded prison officer in a shocking attack has been transferred to Ireland’s ...

Portlaoise Prison has housed many paramalitaries down the years. Former INLA man Dessie O'Hare, who was known as "The Border ...

A SOLICITOR asked Judge Susan Fay to make an order allowing a forensic scientist into the Midlands Prison to investigate the ...