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70% of burglars jailed in Portlaoise and other prisons break the law within three years

Nearly seven in every ten thieves jailed in Portlaoise and other prisons break the law again within three years, according to the latest research. The Central Statistics Office has examined the behaviour of prisoners released from the custody of the ...

10 Nov 2016 at 10:14

Crime & Court

Jury in trial of man accused of phoning in bomb threat from Portlaoise prison to continue deliberations tomorrow

The jury in the trial of a man accused of phoning in a bomb threat from Portlaoise prison to the home of Minister for Justice Helen McEntee are to continue their deliberations on Friday. Michael Murray (52), formerly of Seafield Road, Killiney, ...

07 Mar 2024 at 17:52

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Stack murder 'a Garda matter' insists Laois Sinn Féin TD

Laois' Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley has declined to give his opinion on the ongoing row between the family of slayed Portlaoise prison officer Brian Stack, and his party leader Gerry Adams. Asked if he could rule himself out as one of three ...

07 Dec 2016 at 13:00

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Portlaoise prisoners to get free books for Culture Night

Prisoners in Portlaoise Prison will be given free books as part of an initiative by The Arts Council to celebrate Culture Night. Read Mór, a book gifting initiative, is now in its third year and will see prisoners across 13 prisons in ...

05 Sept 2024 at 12:22

Crime & Court

Portlaoise Prison regular Border Fox warned about 'playing into the wind'

Former INLA terrorist Dessie O'Hare, who was known as "The Border Fox", has withdrawn his appeal against the severity of his sentence for falsely imprisoning a family. His barrister had suggested that he was being sentenced for the ...

29 Jul 2021 at 14:33

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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 ...

30 Jul 2021 at 20:53

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Austin Stack confirms Garda interviewed him over Christmas

Austin Stack, the son of the murdered prison officer, Brian Stack, has confirmed to the Leinster Express that Gardaí interviewed him over the Christmas period in relation to the ongoing investigation into the death of his ...

03 Jan 2017 at 12:50

Crime & Court

Plan to 'radically' change prison governance promised in a strategy that highlights 'pride in the uniform'

A new strategy for running prisons in Portlaoise and elsewhere in Ireland promises a radical overhaul in Governance but also confirms that the plan to deliver the overhaul does not yet exist. The commitment is made in ...

19 Sept 2019 at 18:20

Crime & Court

Covid-19 and pay rises to push up prison bill for Portlaoise and other jails by €20 million this year

Taxpayers will have to pay an extra €5 million to fund the cost of Covid-19 at jails in Portlaoise and elsewhere while the annual cost of running Ireland's jails is set to rise by €19 million. The Minister for ...

09 Jul 2020 at 17:40

Crime & Court

Sale of last property owned former Portlaoise Prison inmate John Gilligan comes before the court

The last property owned by John Gilligan, one of Portlaoise Prison's most famous past inmates, has been cleared for sale by the High Court for €380,000. The three-bed house at Willsbrook in Lucan had been ...

16 Dec 2019 at 15:25

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Portlaoise Prison in line for major redevelopment as new prison officers go into training

Money has been set aside for 'major redevelopment' of Portlaoise Prison, according to the Minister for Justice, who is also to confirmed that the first new prison officers recruited in nearly a decade ...

12 Apr 2017 at 11:23

Crime & Court

Prison management to be grilled on compo claims in jails

Prison management and senior civil servants face a grilling on the high volume of, sometimes big, compensation payouts due to incidents at jails in Portlaoise and elsewhere. The issue will be raised ...

16 Jan 2019 at 18:34

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