Man who failed in bid for damages over court report faces substantial legal costs bill
Judge says that Kilkenny People newspaper article enjoyed absolute legal privilege
Defamation action withdrawn from jury as judge finds court report fair and accurate
Suggestion there was burden on Kilkenny People to background check court evidence was ‘simply untenable’, says judge
Mr Moonlight case: Who’s who in the Patrick Quirke murder trial
The main players in one of the closest-watched trials of 2019
Grim chapter in criminal justice ends as St Patrick’s closes
Youth detention centre mired in controversy censured for harsh and primative conditions
Spike in prison inmate deaths last year with 22 fatalities
Expert calls for inquiry into rate of self harm and suicide in prisons across island of Ireland
Numbers of prisoners dying rose to 22 in 2015
Causes of death in jail or on temporary release include illness, suicide and overdoses
Call for prisoner complaints to come under Ombudsman remit
Absence of such a system puts State in breach of United Nations ‘Nelson Mandela rules’
Family of man who killed himself in custody awarded €50,000
Shane Rogers (32) had been on suicide watch after being charged with murder
Rethink on prisoner visits by unrelated children requested
Committee tasked with reviewing Wheatfield conditions warn drugs are an ongoing issue
Midlands prison criticised over dead inmate’s accommodation
Inspector of Prisons says management did not exercise the expected duty of care
Minister called on to intervene in cross-party request to visit Portlaoise Prison
Independent TD Clare Daly claims authorities in Portlaoise Prison have ignored TDs and failed to answer letters
Some prison officers ignore gang activities, judge says
Workers criticise Judge Michael Reilly for offering unsubstantiated opinions in report
‘Culture’ of prison service included in inspector’s review
Independent judge embarks on broad-based report and says move is timely
Couple responsible for damage to neighbour’s roof - court
Man took case over fire in Goatstown home after contractor worked on next door house
Inspector of Prisons criticises 'salacious' media coverage
‘Self-serving’ newspaper reporting of prisoners affects families
Prisons are reforming but disturbing aspects of previous culture remain
Much progress has been made by the Prison Service since former probation and welfare chief Michael Donnellan took over
Judge voices concern over prison record keeping
Inspector of Prisons questions veracity of record keeping by staff across the service
Prison officers gave ‘misleading, inaccurate’ statements on prisoner deaths
Governors and senior staff told they must act on recommendations
Man freed on bail in error before murder
Mother murdered by son when he should have been in Garda custody, report finds
Women’s prison has ‘lost its way’, says inspector
Massive overcrowding at the root of all problems in management of Dóchas Centre
The Prison Trap: mental strains of solitary confinement
‘I was always a happy kid, chirpy, happy-go-lucky . . . but prison really broke me’
Q: Are the problems in St Patrick’s typical of how the Irish prison system vulnerable offenders?
Prison is to be closed within six months
A Dickensian jail of filth, psychological cruelty and abusive physical treatment
Some prisoners at St Patrick’s Institution were forcibly stripped, at times with the clothes cut off their backs
St Patrick’s to close over ‘very disturbing’ conditions
Inspector expresses grave concern about other jails he is now investigating
St Patrick’s Institution to close within six months
Regular concerns have been raised about centre of detention for young offenders
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