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Jailed midlands teacher could be in prison until at least Christmas

Jailed teacher Enoch Burke has formally lodged an appeal against a High Court injunction preventing him from attending or teaching at the school he is employed at, Mr Burke, who objects to addressing a student with the pronoun "they" and opposes ...

05 Oct 2022 at 09:53

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Hundreds of prison officers in Portlaoise and other jails to be offered retirement training

The Irish Prison Service (IPS) intends to establish is inviting companies to bid for the contract to provide pre-retirement courses to prison officers and other staff at jails in Portlaoise and elsewhere in Ireland. Tender documents say that ...

23 Aug 2022 at 20:53

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Electric vehicles could transport prisoners in Portlaoise in future

The Irish Prison Service could soon be using electric vehicles to transport prisoners from Portlaoise and other Irish prisons. Minister for Justice Helen McEntee has said the Irish Prison Service is continuing to research the possible use ...

29 Sept 2022 at 22:23

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Prison officer recruitment topped up in Budget

The Government has set aside extra money to allow the up to 300 prison officers to be recruited in 2023. The Department of Justice says a record budget of €3.3 billion is going to be spent in the Justice sector in 2023. A statement ...

28 Sept 2022 at 18:53

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142 assaults on prison staff in Portlaoise in a decade

There have been over 140 attacks on prison staff in Portlaoise in the past ten years. The figures were revealed in response to a parliamentary question from Deputy Peadar Tóibín late last month. He asked the Minister for Justice ...

08 Aug 2022 at 22:53

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Memory Lane in pictures: Celebrations for Portlaoise Prison officers

Pictured for the Leinster Express at the Portlaosie Prison Officers annual dinner dance in the Heritage Hotel in 2008. Tap next or arrow to see more pictures from the night in Portlaoise. That's the last of the 2008 batch of ...

31 Jul 2022 at 11:53

National News

Prisoner seriously injured after assault in Mountjoy prison

A prisoner has been seriously injured in an assault inside Mountjoy prison in Dublin. The man, in his 30s, was taken to the Mater hospital for treatment following the incident on Friday evening. Gardai are investigating the ...

30 Jul 2022 at 14:41

Local News

MEMORY LANE IN PICTURES: Laois prison officers celebrate in Portlaoise

A great night was celebrated in November 2010 at the annual Portlaoise Prison Officers Dinner Dance in the Heritage Hotel. Photographer Jim Yorke was there on the night for the Leinster Express and caught the style on ...

26 Jul 2022 at 20:23

National News

Lessons will be learned from Mountjoy Prison murder – justice minister

The Minister for Justice said lessons will be learned from the murder of a prisoner who died following a vicious beating at Dublin’s Mountjoy Prison. Helen McEntee said that while the killing of prisoners is “very ...

04 Aug 2022 at 18:54

National News

Sense of system ‘failure’ when prisoner is killed – former Mountjoy governor

A former governor of Mountjoy Prison said there is a sense that the system has failed when a prisoner is killed in an attack. John Lonergan, who was governor of Mountjoy, in Dublin, for more than two decades, ...

04 Aug 2022 at 13:36

National News

Inmate dies in hospital following attack at Mountjoy Prison

An inmate who was attacked at Mountjoy Prison last week has died. The Irish Prison Service said the prisoner was seriously injured in an incident on Friday. The man, aged in his 30s, died in hospital in the ...

03 Aug 2022 at 10:10

Local News

Prisoner reportedly suing State after hit and run failed attempt to spring unidentified inmate from custody

A prisoner is reportedly suing the State for injuries claimed to have been suffered while being transported in a prison van that was at the centre of a failed ramming and supposed breakout. The Irish Times ...

30 Jul 2022 at 23:23

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