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2023
Up to 70% of people in Irish prisons have mental health issues, says Prison Officers Association
All time
Prison officers launch stinging attack over treatment of staff during Covid-19 pandemic
Prison officers call for pay rise as prison service to break away from Department of Justice
'We want to keep him. He needs games' - Klopp on starting Kelleher in Carabao Cup final
'He could have lost his eye': Prison officer injured in assault by inmate at Cloverhill
'The danger is unquantifiable': Prison officers say there are 28 gang factions in Mountjoy alone
Experts say fewer young men in Ireland could be a factor in declining prison numbers
'It took six officers to restrain him': Psychoactive legal highs are creeping into Irish prisons
Security systems installed in homes of Mountjoy prison officers following death threats
'A prisoner will say to you: I know where you live, I’ll burn your house down, I’ll get your kids.’
Intimidation and bullying: How Ireland's gangs affect the country's entire prison population
Violent prisoner getting his own garden also allowed personal, private access to gym and shop
Snapshot of an Irish prison: Officers being slashed and having human excrement thrown at them
Officers "on the breadline" because of pay cuts after attacks from prisoners
'Gangs in prison are controlling the streets on the outside'
Some officers 'turning a blind eye' to growth of criminal gangs in prisons
Prison officers will have to travel hours with inmates if Portlaoise A&E closes
'Dangerous' prisoner has fishtank, Playstation and special brown bread delivered to jail cell
Irish Prison Service: 'It was Swiss roll, not a birthday cake'
Prisoner who attacked officers 150 times got a birthday cake while on punishment
Six stabbings in six weeks: Prisons are 'the most dangerous workplaces' in Ireland
Two prison officers receive slash wounds in inmate attack at Mountjoy Prison
'Luas security guards have better stab vests than prison officers'
'Turmoil' in jails as prison officers launch industrial action
Call for Ombudsman as prison officers subjected to 'malicious' complaints
The Evening Fix… now with added Daft Punk on piano
Emergency workers set for national rally on pay cuts
Prison officer 'slashed across face and hands with razor blades'