Prisons

07:00, 14 JUL 2026

Prisoner had fingernails ripped off and was burnt in scalding water in notorious 'House of Torture'

Since it opened in 1999, Jaslyk stood as a symbol of Uzbekistan’s terrible human rights record, a 'house of torture' for thousands of religious prisoners, government critics, and others. Some inmates never made it out alive

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Paedo swim coach George Gibney 'never leaves his cell'

The former Irish National swimming coach was found guilty on Monday of sexually abusing four girls over 50 years ago

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Young dad dies after suspected punishment shooting in Dun Laoghaire 'went wrong'

A 39-year-old dad who had been released from prison just two weeks earlier died after a suspected punishment shooting, with gardai investigating whether the fatal leg wound was unintended

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Riad Bouchaker set to serve prison term locked up with monster who murdered Ashling Murphy

Sources have told us that prison chiefs believe he will serve his jail sentence in a unit mostly housing sex offenders - for his own protection

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Enoch Burke breaks silence on 'scandal' after release from Castlerea Prison

Enoch Burke was released on Wednesday morning

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Inside Jeffrey Donaldson's first night in Maghaberry Prison as ex-governor warns of suicide fears

The ex-DUP leader's imprisonment triggers a series of stringent checks and assessments reserved for high‑risk, high‑profile offenders

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Notorious paedophile Bill Kenneally died alone in prison cell, senile and oblivious to recent coverage of crimes

The depraved former basketball coach died alone in his Midlands Prison cell

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'Villain' prison killer previously murdered young woman and stabbed cop

Details of David Taylor's long criminal past can now be revealed, after he was convicted of helping to stab a fellow inmate to death in his cell

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Notorious Irish paedophile Bill Kenneally dies in prison

The depraved former basketball coach was serving almost 19 years in total for the serious sexual abuse of 15 young boys

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Gardaí yet to comment on 'dereliction of duty' findings in Kenneally report

An Garda Siochana

Kenneally, in his early 70s and formerly of Summerville Avenue, Waterford city, is serving a prison term after pleading guilty to 10 sample counts of indecently assaulting 10 boys at various locations in Waterford in the 1980s

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Wife killer Joe O’Reilly celebrates graduating university course behind bars with dedicated girlfriend

The 6ft 4in murderer was honoured at the Midlands Prison in Portlaoise, Co Laois, after completing his Open University course in Business earlier this month

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Serial killer sex worker adopted by pal 11 years older before execution

The 'Damsel of Death, Aileen Wuornos, was declared 'America's first female serial killer' before she struck up an unlikely relationship with a woman in her 40's from behind bars.

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Man who raped and abused younger sisters jailed for 13 and a half years

The 52-year-old man had denied the charges but was convicted following a trial by a Central Criminal Court jury

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Airline pilot who bludgeoned wife to death denied release from prison

British Airways

Robert Brown will remain in prison after a Parole Board panel heard that he has done no risk-reduction work while in jail and refuses to accept that he poses any risk to the public

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Rapist who prowled university halls dies in 'Monster Mansion' jail

Akiel Flemming was jailed for 16 years after raping an undergraduate and sexually assaulting another having crept into her room

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Notorious 'Scissor Sister' Charlotte Mulhall says she is a 'changed woman' ahead of release

Scissor Sisters

Notorious killer Charlotte Mulhall, known as one of the 'Scissor Sisters', says she is sorry and adapting to life outside prison as she prepares for release after more than 20 years behind bars.

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Murderer who collapsed in prison died with fatal methadone levels, inquest hears

Father-of-three Mark Whelan was pronounced dead at the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital on May 3, 2022 less than two hours after becoming unwell in prison

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Girl charged in connection with fatal assault on Scarlett Faulkner to undergo psychological assessment, court told

The accused girl, (16), is charged with assault causing serious harm to Ms Faulkner, (29), at the R494 Birdhill, Co Tipperary, on March 21 last

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'I stayed in Ian Huntley's Monster Mansion and there's three names on kill list'

A former inmate who served in HMP Frankland with Ian Huntley has named three infamous prisoners he believes are most likely to be targeted next

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Nun killer who strangled victim with scarf set to walk free after 24 years

Evil Kealen Herron has spent the last 24 years locked up after sexually assaulting and murdering Sr Philomena Lyons, 68, in the grounds of the Sacred Heart Convent, Ballybay, Co Monaghan, on December 15, 2001.

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Jailed Martina and Ammi Burke to be medically assessed before prison bosses make next move

The lucky pair managed to dodge their first night on the floor in the overpopulated women’s prison in Dublin

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Mother and sister of Enoch Burke arrested by Gardai at Castlerea Prison

Martina and Ammi Burke were arrested on foot of a court order at the Co Roscommon prison after the High Court had ordered their immediate arrest and committal to prison for contempt of court

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'Deeply religious' mum in prison weeps after judge refuses First Holy Communion request for child

First Communion

Giving sworn evidence, the mother said: "Judge please do not let this First Communion go ahead. Please"

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'I had sex with convicted rapist while I was his prison guard - it ruined my life'

A female prison guard had a six-month long illicit affair with a convicted rapist serving his 13-year sentence at a prison in England — and things got really out of hand.

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