Limerick Prison News Today

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A LIMERICK man was found in possession of illegal drugs at Limerick Prison, the Circuit Criminal Court heard at a sitting in Mulgrave Street.

Ms Justice Siobhan Phelan ruled the proceedings which were initiated seven years ago, and some 13 years after the woman was released from the ...

Judge rules action by June Moore, who claimed using chamber pot in shared cell was degrading, is statute barred

DESPITE the much-lauded opening a new female wing in Limerick prison last October, there are now 15 women being forced to sleep on camp beds.

There are now 1,000 more inmates in the prison system since 2019 but the spaces created for them have only gone up by 43, the Prison Officers Association annual conference in Sligo will hear today.

OVERCROWDING in Ireland’s prisons is creating an “unsafe and unacceptable” environment for both prison officers and prisoners, Justice Minister Helen McEntee will hear today as she attends the Prison Officer Association’s annual conference in Sligo.

Man who was identified through distinctive tattoos to be sentenced this Friday

A man who repeatedly harassed a woman less than half his age denies he warned her that the “IRA would put a bullet in her head” — but admits he is “a nuisance” .

Members and close associates of the Hutch organised crime gang are no longer on a protection reg­ime in prison, the Sunday World can reveal.