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Chaos behind bars leaves overcrowded Irish prisons at 'breaking point'
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Exclusive: Packed cells, prisoner attacks, broken toilets, and unsafe conditions have created a crisis in the country's prison system
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Taxpayers to pick up €5.5m bill for prisoners' dental treatments in Dublin
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The service will be provided in fully equipped dental surgeries located at five prisons in the capital
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'Hannibal the Cannibal' killer on hunger strike after luxury item removed from cell
Crime
Serial killer Robert Maudsley - who has been in solitary confinement for more than four decades - is protesting after prison guards confiscated his Playstation and TV, his family say
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Inside Cork Prison: Inmates cook five-course meal behind bars for potential employers
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Over 25 hospitality employers were invited to Cork Prison to enjoy a decadent five-course meal cooked by prisoners
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Prison service to spend €600,000 on three dogs to combat drug smuggling in jails
Irish Prison Service
The animals will be used to improve security and detection capabilities in the country's prisons
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Prison governor who ran barber shop on the side owes ex-employee €7,000, WRC told
Workplace Relations Commission
Paul Tucker owned Celtic Barbers in Kildare and was a director of MABS while working as an assistant governor of Ireland's largest prison, the Workplace Relations Commission has heard
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Explosive report raises 'grave' concerns over 'degrading' treatment of prisoners
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The Office of the Inspector of Prisons (OIP) found inmates packed into 'stuffy, malodorous' cells, where they were eating meals on the floor while cellmates used unpartitioned toilets
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Prisons to change procedures on Do Not Resuscitate instructions following inmate's death
Irish Prison Service
The move follows an investigation into the death of a 63-year-old inmate in the custody of Mountjoy Prison
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Dublin barman claimed he was mugged for bank card used to filter €7,600 of stolen cash
Courts
The court heard a total of €7,600 had been lodged in Ben McGuigan's AIB account after a 'smishing' text scam
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Inmate with heart condition died 10 weeks after prison cancelled hospital appointment
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The Irish Prison Service (IPS) has agreed to review a policy by which medical appointments are automatically cancelled if family members become aware of them following the death of the 41-year-old
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Jim O'Callaghan insists prisons should not be 'clogged up' with shoplifters or addicts
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Speaking on The Tonight Show on Virgin Media, Mr O’Callaghan said that he does not like the term "super prison"
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Evil Josef Fritzl to launch parole bid that could see him back on the streets this year
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Josef Fritzl, 89, is set to launch a bid for freedom next month and could be released from prison this year - having served just 15 years for his horrifying crimes
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Rowdy inmates broke prison rules 30,000 times since 2022
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Prison staff faced disciplinary sanctions for misconduct on 561 occasions during the same period, new figures show
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New figures show nearly all Irish prisons are overcrowded
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While there were 5,101 people in prisons across the country on February 6, there were 11 per cent fewer beds (546)
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Serial killer John Shaw a 'nervous wreck' behind bars over fears he will lose temporary release
Irish Prison Service
Despite Englishman Shaw confessing to the brutal killing of Elizabeth, 23, in August 1976, along with his now deceased partner-in-crime Geoffrey Evans, Ms Plunkett’s family claimed two weeks ago that no one was actually convicted of her murder
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Rapist who abused seven daughters 'prayed with family' during compassionate visit before dying in prison
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James O'Reilly, 77, had served just over two-and-a-half years of a 20-year sentence when he died of lung cancer at the Midlands Prison, a new report shows
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Prisoner's wife 'disappointed' after husband granted compassionate release with just three weeks to live
Limerick Prison
The 55-year-old inmate was extremely ill and unable to partake in any meaningful activities with his family by the time he was granted compassionate release, according to his widow
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Three Cork Prison inmates overdosed on 'spice' over weekend, with one hospitalised
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Extra vigilance is now being taken within the prison and information for prisoners around the dangers of consuming contraband has commenced
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Wife killer Joe O’Reilly threatened to sue after Parole Board once again refused release from prison
Crime
Joe O’Reilly, who murdered his wife Rachel at their home in Dublin, in October 2004, was formally told last week that he was being denied his freedom for the fourth time
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Crime pays: Prisoners given €6.8m in pocket money and receive €12.4m in 'gifts' while behind bars
Irish Prison Service
Inmates serving time in Irish prisons had more than €1.5 million in their bank accounts last week, according to records obtained by the Irish Mirror
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Prisoner who had sex with jail guard 'violently attacked' while holding baby
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Linton Weirich, 30, who was filmed romping with married prison officer Linda De Sousa Abreu in a video clip that went viral, was reportedly violently attacked by a fellow inmates at HMP Swaleside
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UK's most dangerous prisoner to spend 51st Christmas in underground glass box
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Quadruple killer Richard Maudsley is considered so dangerous that he has been given his own special cell and kept apart from other prisoners for 46 years
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Life sentence for 22-year-old who murdered one-time friend by stabbing him in the neck
Courts
The victim’s heartbroken parents said they have been left with "a void that will never be filled"
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Gang bosses getting 'human guinea pigs' to try out deadly drugs in one of Ireland's biggest prisons
Drugs
A prison source said: “These inmates are effectively being used as human guinea pigs and there is little we can do to stop it"
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