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Garda probe over claims prison officer offered prisoners days out in exchange for money
Irish Prison Service
The Irish Mirror has learned that a prison officer is under an internal investigation over the bombshell claims
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Death row inmate eats his own eyes after cutting out wife and kids' hearts
Death Row Records
Andre Thomas was on death row for the killings of his wife and children before removing both of their hearts
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Inquest hears solicitor 'mystified' why gardai did not seek copy of post-mortem of death of prisoner at Cloverhill
Inquests
Mr Devlin was found unresponsive in his cell at Cloverhill Prison in Clondalkin, Dublin less than two months after his recapture following a period where he had been on the run for almost four years
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'I went inside the prison where firing squad executed those willing to die for Irish freedom'
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It’s hard to fathom that rebels were tragically shot and killed in Kilmainham Gaol just over a century ago, writes Ciara O'Loughlin
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Jonathan Dowdall's plush €795k torture house finally sold as early prison release looms
Prisons
Exclusive - Disgraced State witness Jonathan Dowdall is set for early release under Garda protection as his notorious Dublin home, scene of a past torture, has finally sold.
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Inmate, 25, found dead in Irish prison hours after smoking heroin and taking diazepam, investigation finds
Prisons
The prisoner had been visited by his partner and child the day before his death, during which the baby was passed between the couple, and they embraced
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Behind bars: Unprecedented access to the hidden 'mini prison' at the CCJ and Ireland's largest remand prison
Irish Prison Service
The Irish Mirror gained unprecedented access to the massive holding cell area of Dublin’s Criminal Courts of Justice in Parkgate Street and to Ireland’s largest remand prison, Cloverhill, in an exclusive video podcast
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Emotional scenes as man found guilty of abuse of five boys after five-day trial
Sexual abuse
Martin Joseph, known as 'Joe', Cullen, 63, was found guilty of seven counts of sexual assault on various dates between 1993 and 2007 at locations in Donegal
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Man decapitated wife, 17, and walked around with her head forgiven by parents
Prisons
Mona Heydari, 17, was killed by her husband Sajjad Heydari and his brother Heydar in Ahvaz, the capital of the southwestern Khuzestan Province, in February 2022
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Notorious Dublin killer freed early after brutal 58 stab murder of innocent man
Prisons
Notorious killer Michael Kinsella, who pleaded guilty to manslaughter after stabbing innocent man Adil Essalhi over 50 times, has been released early from prison after serving 10 years of a 15 year sentence.
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Horrors of Putin's prison where victims tied to electric chairs and castrated
Prisons
WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT. Vladimir Putin's forces are accused of carrying out a campaign of violence against Ukrainians
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Justice Minister accused of 'dodging responsibility' for refusing to answer questions on number of serious offenders released early from prison
Justice Department
In a parliamentary question, Minister O’Callaghan was asked to confirm every instance since January 2024 where a serious offender was granted bail or released early due to prison or detention centre overcrowding
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Former coach who sexually assaulted gymnasts becomes one of the oldest people jailed in Irish history
Sexual abuse
James O’Reilly, who was born on New Year’s Day in 1934, is likely to mark his 92nd birthday in prison
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Britain's 'most dangerous' prisoner's nephew notices startling 'change' in serial killer
Serial killers
British serial killer Robert Maudsley, 71, known as Hannibal the Cannibal, has been moved from HMP Wakefield in Yorkshire to Whitemoor prison in Cambridgeshire in a move that has upset his family
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'Seventh circle of hell' death where man burned alive in 'worst execution ever'
Prisons
The man's death was truly horrifying
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Justice Minister Jim O'Callaghan to speed up plans to build almost 1,000 new Irish prison spaces
Irish Prison Service
More than 5,390 people are currently locked up in Ireland
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Ashling Murphy's killer getting education at taxpayer's expense behind bars
Jozef Puska
Jozef Puska hasn't taken a job at the Midlands Prison, and is instead attending classes every day while he serves a life sentence
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Failed asylum seekers kept in overcrowded prisons before deportation flights
Prisons
Social Democrats TD Gary Ganon has now raised concerns about more people being added to overcrowded prisons and the “performative cruelty” of flights
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Jason Hennessy Jnr jailed after confronting armed cops and string of aggressive interactions
Courts
Jason Hennessy Jnr, 28, pleaded guilty before Judge Catherine Hayden, who imposed sentences totalling six months and a two-year road ban
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Man gets three more years behind bars for calling ex from prison asking her to change statement
Prisons
Jason McDonagh phoned ex-partner Shauna Greene 18 times from Castlerea Prison in Co Roscommon warning her to change her statement about the vicious attack
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Rose West 'struggles to walk, talks to the TV' and eats peculiar prison breakfast alone
Rose West
New details have emerged about how notorious serial killer Rose West spends her final years in prison - isolated, frail and largely shunned - as Netflix's Fred and Rose West: A British Horror Story sheds fresh light on the couple's horrific crimes.
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Tommy Robinson released from prison after sentence reduced
Tommy Robinson
The 42-year-old, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, left HMP Woodhill on Tuesday after his 18-month sentence was reduced by four months at the High Court last week
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Cost of keeping prisoner behind bars soars to €100,000 a year
Prisons
It's nearly 47 percent higher than the €67,576 that it costs to accommodate a prisoner in the UK, new figures have revealed
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Electronic tagging to be used on Irish prisoners before end of the year, Justice Minister confirms
Irish Prison Service
It will be brought in along with a radical increase of new-look community service schemes to help reduce overcrowding in prisons
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