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As he awaited a verdict, Frank McCann sat in the courtroom engrossed in a book about “the perfect murder”.

A Covid-19 outbreak team has had to be reconvened at the Midlands Prison due to re-emergence of the virus in recent in the Portlaoise jail according to the Iris...

The biggest Covid-19 outbreak in the Irish prison system has been substantially brought under control, according to the Irish Prison Service (IPS). Nearly 50 pr...

Prison watchdog questions use of handcuffs for escorting gravely ill prisoners to hospital The family of a terminally ill prisoner had expressed concern at the use of handcuffs in bringing him to hospital. By Seán McCárthaigh Sunday 18 Apr 2021, 12:50 PM 4 hours ago 11,144 Views 27 Comments Image: Shutterstock/sakhorn Image: Shutterstock/sa...

The Irish Prison Service has confirmed that staff at two of its biggest prison complexes have tested positive for Covid-19 n Laois and Dublin. The services issu...

Prisoners not produced for court in Longford due to Covid-19 outbreaks in Irish Prisons Reporter:  ); There are restrictions on the production of prisoners from four a number of Irish prisons due to Covid-19 outbreaks, the Leader can confirm. At a sitting of Longford District Court on Tuesday, it was revealed by Judge Seamus Hughes that a number of prisoners would not be produced from Castlerea, Portlaoise, Wheatfield and Mountjoy prisons. Judge Hughes noted the outbreaks and adjourned a numb...