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Thursday 22 October 2020
The figures to 1 October this year are down on the 15 deaths that occurred in Irish prisons last year.
The Manchester United captain was handed a suspended prison sentence of 21 months and 10 days.
It is understood the woman has been in quarantine since her incarceration.
Thirty-seven of the 55 were re-arrested for allegedly committing a range of criminal offences.
Even with the movement of staff in and out of prisons and some 700 new committals there have been no confirmed cases among inmates.
Officials said the nine inmates were shot during clashes with authorities.
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The British-Iranian mother has been temporarily freed from Evin Prison in Tehran in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The former producer has been sentenced to 23 years in prison.
Alcohol-based sanitiser was banned after prisoners drank a concoction of handwash and prescription drugs in 2014.
Mountjoy senior management have commenced an investigation into the incident.
The details of the incident are contained in the Office of Inspector of Prisons 2018 annual report.
A man in his 50s has been arrested on suspicion of murder.
A Garda investigation has been launched.
Richard Huckle was given 22 life sentences in 2016 for an unprecedented number of offences against children.
Willie Anderson’s career took him to places far more frightening than the teeth of an All Black haka.
Five people are serving prison sentences in Ireland for convictions related to Islamist extremism offences, according to a new report.
After almost six hours of labour, Diana Sanchez gave birth to a boy.
The victim, now aged 74, has learning difficulties.
Lawyers representing women who claim they were sexually abused by Epstein have vowed to go after his assets.
The former sports journalist was jailed for the sexual exploitation and defilement of a child.
The convicted paedophile was found dead in a prison cell in New York at the weekend.
Clauvino da Silva tried to walk out the front door of a Rio de Janeiro jail at the weekend.
Alexei Navalny is serving a 30-day sentence for calling a mass protest in Moscow.
The Prison Officers Association has called for the provision of protective equipment like batons and pepper spray for staff.
Guzman, the 62-year-old former co-leader of Mexico’s Sinaloa drug cartel, was convicted in February.
The 2018 annual report of the Probation Service is published today.
Jake Patterson (21) pleaded guilty to two counts of intentional homicide and one count of kidnapping.
Manning was jailed in early March for refusing to testify in a grand jury investigation .
The POA said prison officers are dealing with assaults on a daily basis.
The prison population in Ireland has seen the number of inmates rise by hundreds in Irish prisons over the past three years.
Paul Johnston was serving a life sentence when he absconded from prison in 2017.
Early indications suggest faulty wiring was the cause of the blaze.
The raid also left prisoner Michael Chiolo’s visiting partner fatally wounded.
“It is not just someone banging on about the law for an hour, there are lesson plans in place.”
The prison service paid two private security companies over a two-year period.
There are currently 650 members of the Defence Forces serving in 14 countries.
The pair were members of the banned group National Action.
The unit has the ability to house nine criminals.
The victim’s brother told the court that his family took no comfort knowing that Michael O’Dwyer died “afraid and alone”.
21-year-old Filippo Lombardi has been charged with inflicting grievous bodily harm on the 53-year-old Irishman.
AS THE COUNTRY enters Level 5 restrictions for the next six weeks, we’ll all be finding different ways to occupy our time or take a break from work.
In April and May, many people put their trainers on and went for long walks, jogs or runs. Others took a dip in the sea.
With restrictions now in place, we want to know: Do you plan to exercise more over the next six weeks?
Poll Results:
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Lecturer Maeve O’Rourke analyses the government’s nine main arguments in relation to the Bill.
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