BREAKING: Four men arrested over assault in Midlands Prison in Portlaoise

Gardaí have arrested four men following an assault in the Midlands Prison in Portlaoise last Saturday. 

“An Garda Síochána are investigating all the circumstances of an Assault Causing Harm, which is alleged to have taken place in the Midlands Prison on the 6th December 2025.

This morning 12th December 2025, investigating Gardaí from the Serious Crime Unit, Laois/Offaly Garda Division have arrested four males (aged in their 20s and 30s) at the Midlands Prison, Portlaoise,” Gardaí said in a statement.

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All four men are being detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984 at Garda Stations in the Garda Eastern Region.