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Contract offered to test Laois prison officers for cocaine use

The Irish Prison Service is inviting bids from firms to win a contract for the testing of prison officers for cocaine, cannabis and other illegal drugs. The Service gives a summary of what companies which are interested in winning the national ...

17 Apr 2022 at 12:53

Local News

More than 1,000 prisoners locked up in Laois jails each day

An average of 1,013 inmates were locked up in the Portlaoise jail complex each day in 2021, according to the Irish Prison Service. The figures or Portlaoise Prison and the Midlands Prison are published in the IPS annual report published this ...

09 Sept 2022 at 09:23

Covid-19

BREAKING Covid-19 lockdown at prison complex in Portlaoise as outbreak is confirmed

Two wings of the Midlands Prison in Portlaoise are in lockdown and mass testing is underway after it emerged that two prisoners tested positive at the big Laois jail. This Irish Prison Service confirmed in a statement on Tuesday, November 9 ...

09 Nov 2021 at 18:53

Crime & Court

Injuries to prison officers and slopping out damages drives up compo bill to €9 million

The cost of compensating prisoners for having to 'slop out' and paying prison officers redress for assaults on duty at jails in Portlaoise and elsewhere drove up the compensation bill incurred by the Irish Prison Service last year beyond ...

04 Oct 2021 at 18:18

Local News

Each prisoner in Portlaoise and other Irish jails costs €80,000 with rise due to 'extraordinary once-off' reasons

Just over €270 million was spent staffing prisons in Portlaoise and other parts of Ireland in 2020 with with the cost per inmate rising by nearly 7% to more than €80,000 due to 'extraordinary' factors, according to the Irish Prison ...

30 Jul 2021 at 20:53

National News

'Rot in Hell', victim tells former priest who abused him

A sexual abuse victim from Donegal bravely faced down disgraced former priest Eamonn Crossan and told him: 'Rot in Hell'. Crossan, who previously served a prison sentence for indecent assault, was charged with almost 100 historic ...

02 May 2024 at 09:42

Crime & Court

Allegedly assaulted female prison officer in Portlaoise

An inmate who threw a bucket of dirty water over a female prison officer has been charged with assault. Sean McCarthy, 23, of 8 Abbeylea Drive, Swords, Dublin is accused of assaulting the woman at the Midlands Prison on ...

02 Dec 2022 at 21:52

Crime & Court

'The work of prison chaplains is vital but unheralded'

The work of prison chaplains at jails in Portlaoise as well as the problems faced by prisoners has been highlighted on Prisoners' Sunday. Bishop Martin Hayes, the Liaison Bishop to the Irish Prison Service, did so ...

06 Nov 2022 at 16:14

Crime & Court

Absenteeism at Midlands Prison in Portlaoise highlighted in European report on Irish jails

The impact of absenteeism at the Midlands Prison in Portlaoise and other jails and a big rise prison escorts are highlighted in a new report on Irish jails. The seventh report on Ireland from the Council of ...

24 Nov 2020 at 17:22

Covid-19

High praise for prison staff and inmates for Covid-19 fight delivered at the Midlands Prison in Portlaoise

Hard work, dedication and attention to detail of prison staff in Portlaoise and other jails has been praised by the Minister Justice and Equality on a trip to the Laois town. Minister Helen McEntee was in ...

21 Jul 2020 at 17:03

Covid-19

Jail lockdown in Portlaoise to stem Covid-19 outbreak as mass testing reveals cases in double digits

A restricted regime is in force at Ireland's biggest jail in Portlaoise in a bid to control the spread of Covid-19 following confirmation that 10 prisoners have tested positive for the virus at the ...

20 Feb 2021 at 22:20

Local News

Prison service confirms Covid-19 cases in Portlaoise and Dublin jails

The Irish Prison Service has confirmed that staff at two of its biggest prison complexes have tested positive for Covid-19 n Laois and Dublin. The services issued two statements this week ...

12 Feb 2021 at 19:38

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