Portlaoise Prison is a high security jail holding up to 399 prisoners. The newer Midlands Prison has medium security status and holds 650 prisoners, both are on the same Dublin Road site in Portlaoise ...
Army/Garda convoy conveying McVeigh to Mountjoy Prison, Dublin. The reporter is Tom McCaughren. RTÉ does not fully own this material. Portlaoise Pictures are subsiduary to ITN, London.
Convicted killer Freddie Thompson has applied to have his trial for threatening to kill a prison officer moved from Portlaoise to Dublin, claiming: “If you hold it in this court, I could be shot ...
Ten prisoners are being treated for suspected overdoses at Portlaoise Prison. The Irish Prison Service (IPS) said it is ...
Gardaí carried out follow-up searches at 18 locations in the Dublin area and two cells at Portlaoise Prison. Head of Organised and Serious Crime Assistant Commissioner Angela Willis said gardaí ...
The capacity of the Midlands Prison in Portlaoise could jump beyond the 1,000 mark under ... On the eve of the Minister's announcement, there were 915 people locked up in the Dublin Road jail leaving ...
Physical visits will recommence in Wheatfield Prison on 14 July, and in Portlaoise Prison on 16 July. The IPS is aiming to resume physical visits for a number of other prisons — Loughan House, Arbour ...