Cloverhill inmates, staff being screened for tuberculosis
Staff and inmates at the prison in Clondalkin are being tested after a number of prison officers tested positive for TB.
View ArticleMan held over fatal Dublin hit-and-run
A man is being questioned by Gardaí over a fatal hit-and-run incident in Cabra, Dublin, in which a 14-year-old boy died last December.
View ArticleMobile phone seizures in St Patrick’s Institution double in 3 years
The juvenile detention centre has had more illegal mobile phones seized so far this year than any other prison.
View ArticleSamaritans celebrates 10 years of prisoner listener scheme
Over the past year, Samaritans recorded 1,100 formal contacts within the six prisons in its Listener Scheme, an 83 per cent increase on 2011.
View ArticleMan charged with murdering wife is found dead in prison cell
Marius Sarzynski was found by prison staff last night.
View ArticleConcerns for Deaf man jailed over Dawson St bus death
At Edward Connor’s sentencing this week, the court heard specific rehabilitation services for Deaf people will not be put in place until next year.
View ArticleLarge knife found in toilet at Tallaght Hospital as a prisoner was being...
Stab vests were issued to prisoner officers as a precaution.
View ArticleThree prison officers hospitalised after inmate lashes out with brush handle
The prisoner will be brought before a full disciplinary hearing.
View ArticleDriver attempts to run over prison officers as they leave Cloverhill
The car struck a bollard and none of the prison staff were injured.
View ArticleA rally calling for Walli Ullah Safi’s immediate release from Cloverhill has...
The 21-year-old Afghan migrant had his face slashed and his arm broken when he was taken hostage by other inmates.
View ArticleOfficer ‘punched prisoner, sat on his chest and poked his eye’
An anti-torture committee has raised serious concerns about conditions in Irish prisons.
View ArticleHostage situation at Cloverhill may have been attempt to make claim against...
An inmate who held another hostage in a cell was given a three and a half year sentence today.
View ArticleSignificant staff shortage at Cloverhill Prison as 36 people call in sick
Approximately 200 staff are supposed to work at the prison each day.
View ArticleGranny of protesting inmate lifted up in a hoist to talk him down from prison...
Eric Harcourt, aged 22, climbed onto the roof of Cloverhill Prison and remained there for over 12 hours.
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