Discussions are being held to try to secure a ceasefire from the largest dissident republican group, the New IRA, it has emerged. The Irish Examiner has been told by several sources that ...

Thompson was transferred to the Midlands Prison from neighbouring Portlaoise in February. The 44-year-old is serving a life sentence for his role in the murder of David ‘Daithi’ Douglas in ...

A woman who had studied criminology admitted bringing drugs into Portlaoise Prison. Suzanne Delaney (31) of 48 Radharc na Farraig, Convent Lands, Wicklow town, admitted bringing Spice synthetic ...

Alternatively, you can pay €0.50 per article, capped at €1 per day. An investigation into the alleged use of a drone over Portlaoise Prison will be complex, a sitting of Portlaoise District Court was ...

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A son of steakhouse murder victim Jason Hennessy Snr has gone on hunger strike in Portlaoise Prison, the Sunday World can reveal. Devon Hennessy is one of five people on remand in jail after being ...

The son of a Portlaoise prison officer shot dead by the IRA has launched a new book in memory of his father. Brian Stack was left paralysed and brain-damaged after being shot in March 1983 as he ...

Former businessman Nathan McDonnell is currently serving 12 years in the maximum security Portlaoise Prison, after the biggest crystal meth seizure in the state’s history. The garden centre owner was ...

He has since been the subject of P19 disciplinary proceedings and has been removed from the Midlands Prison to neighbouring Portlaoise Prison. Sources have told the Sunday World that assaults of ...