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  Fifty-five prisoners granted temporary release since start of March re-arrested

  Jun 24th 2020, 8:00 PM 26,398 30

  #COVID-19
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  Prison visits to resume across two phases

  Jun 23rd 2020, 10:58 PM 12,386 33

  #IRISH PRISON SERVICE
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  Number of people jailed for not paying court-ordered fines almost doubled in 2019

  Jun 15th 2020, 12:05 PM 11,934 25

  #NEW REPORT
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  'Everyone had to play their part': How Ireland kept Covid-19 out of its prisons

  Jun 10th 2020, 5:29 PM 16,697 24

  #INFECTION CONTROL
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  Prison Service now has temperature checks at the entrances to all prisons

  Mar 31st 2020, 7:24 PM 14,552 15

  #COVID-19 MEASURES
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  Alcohol-free hand sanitiser given to prisoners over fears it would be used for 'moonshine'

  Mar 16th 2020, 10:46 AM 30,543 37

  #PRISON
• Spotlight

  The 33rd Dáil

  Week One: Ructions over the geographical spread of ministries and party in-fighting.

  Podcast

  How does a government handover work?

  Mini ministers

  In full: Here are your 18 new junior ministries

  Grossly insulted

  FF and FG politicians angered over ‘snubs’

  New faces

  This is Sinn Féin’s front bench
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  Coronavirus: Talks underway to reduce number of people in prison in a 'controlled manner'

  Mar 13th 2020, 9:07 PM 48,953 102

  #IRISH PRISON SERVICE
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  Irish Prison Service set to spend €1.3 million on inmate clothing

  Mar 10th 2020, 6:10 AM 21,291 31

  #IRISH PRISON SERVICE
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  'They don’t even have the capacity to keep everyone in single cells': Concerns over potential Covid-19 spread in prisons

  Mar 5th 2020, 6:30 AM 29,234 49

  #CORONAVIRUS
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  Central Mental Hospital is at full capacity, prisoners with severe conditions wait 120 days for transfer

  Oct 25th 2019, 12:05 AM 16,448 18

  #PRISON REFORM
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  Investigation launched after prisoner escapes custody while attending University Hospital Limerick

  Oct 24th 2019, 10:30 PM 20,335 27

  #AT LARGE
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  Irish prison strategy aims to tackle threat of drones but overcrowding remains major challenge

  Sep 20th 2019, 8:54 AM 9,340 23

  #STRATEGIC PLAN
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  Convicted child sex offender Tom Humphries released from Midlands Prison

  Aug 16th 2019, 11:57 AM 62,389 124

  #RELEASED
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  Evidence to suggest tracking device was placed on private car of prison officer, report finds

  Jul 25th 2019, 5:39 PM 15,227 4

  #IRISH PRISON SERVICE
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  Opinion: I want to change the way society sees ex-offenders so I organised a TEDx Talk in Mountjoy

  Apr 6th 2019, 7:30 AM 17,171 42

  #OPINION
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  Prisoner escapes from custody while receiving treatment at St James's Hospital in Dublin

  Mar 20th 2019, 1:45 PM 88,667 33

  #ESCAPED
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  Boy awarded €35,000 after contracting TB from dad who picked it up from prisoners at work

  Feb 19th 2019, 2:35 PM 22,387 0

  #IRISH PRISON SERVICE
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  Investigation into claims of 'unauthorised surveillance' in Irish prisons to finish in February

  Jan 17th 2019, 6:11 AM 14,908 0

  #WHISTLEBLOWER
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  Alleged use of tracking devices on cars of Irish prison officers to be probed by Inspector of Prisons

  Nov 22nd 2018, 2:20 PM 14,209 0

  #BUGGED
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  Search launched after prisoner escapes from Dublin courthouse

  Nov 9th 2018, 7:52 PM 29,662 28

  #PRISON BREAK
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  Irish Prison Service recruiting chaplains to 'encourage and support' inmates

  Jul 29th 2018, 4:00 PM 13,653 49

  #PASTORAL CARE
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  Prison service investigating two staff allegations about management practices

  Jun 26th 2018, 6:00 AM 10,912 1

  #PROTECTED DISCLOSURE
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  'Prison is for dangerous criminals': Drop in numbers sent to prison for non-payment of fines

  Jun 25th 2018, 3:37 PM 10,369 31

  #JUSTICE
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  Over 2,000 people jailed for non-payment of fines last year

  Jun 8th 2018, 6:15 AM 18,797 26

  #COURT FINES
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  Man accused of murdering estranged wife Joanne Lee found dead in Mountjoy Prison

  Apr 12th 2018, 9:57 AM 70,882 8

  #RANELAGH
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  Prison guards are cracking down on moonshine in Irish prisons

  Apr 2nd 2018, 5:00 PM 17,395 16

  #LAST OF THE SLAMMER WINE
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  Up to 25% of Mountjoy Prison inmates being put in solitary confinement for their own protection

  Jan 18th 2018, 10:14 AM 14,100 67

  #MOUNTJOY PRISON
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  142 prisoners will be granted temporary release over Christmas

  Dec 22nd 2017, 12:13 PM 8,349 20

  #IRISH PRISON SERVICE
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  Irish Prison Service paid out €500k in loans to inmates over three years

  Nov 14th 2017, 4:14 PM 32,076 86

  #INTEREST FREE
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  Man found dead in cell at Cloverhill Prison

  Oct 11th 2017, 6:44 PM 17,564 36

  #CLOVERHILL
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  Prisoner was not checked for over two hours on night he died

  Sep 19th 2017, 3:59 PM 23,862 22

  #PORTLAOISE
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  An average of 12 phones are seized in Irish prisons every week

  Aug 31st 2017, 10:01 AM 9,337 48

  #CONTRABAND
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  Families of murder victims have 'met killers on the street' after not being told of release

  Aug 20th 2017, 7:00 AM 13,715 19

  #JUSTICE
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  'Prisoners have a very basic human need for contact'

  Jul 9th 2017, 7:00 AM 12,709 33

  #SOLITARY CONFINEMENT
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  Large drop in number of people being jailed for non-payment of fines

  May 15th 2017, 12:48 PM 12,636 36

  #A FINE THING
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  Inmate who escaped from open prison in 2015 returned to custody

  Mar 29th 2017, 12:37 PM 13,370 0

  #LOUGHAN HOUSE
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  Man accused of killing Gareth Hutch stabbed in Mountjoy

  Mar 28th 2017, 1:22 PM 26,369 0

  #ASSAULT
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  Inmates in Irish prisons will soon have access to e-cigarettes

  Feb 26th 2017, 7:00 AM 10,364 33

  #QUITTING
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  Irish prisons paid €3 million in 'pocket money' to inmates last year

  Jan 23rd 2017, 7:33 AM 16,110 50

  #JAILHOUSE DOSH
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  Prisoner facing discipline after breaking out onto roof of Cloverhill prison

  Oct 6th 2016, 8:25 PM 9,353 24

  #ROOFTOP BREAKOUT

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