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) ...

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 ...

Robert Cup (44), of Marlfield Gardens, Cabinteely, Dublin 18, was charged with possessing cocaine and cannabis for his own use and with possessing cocaine and cannabis for sale or for supply at Laois ...

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

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

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