Irish Prison Service spent €440k on TVs over last two years

The Irish Prison Service (IPS) spent €440,000 over the past two years purchasing 2,505 TVs for inmates.

New figures provided by the IPS in response to a Freedom of Information request show that, last year, the IPS paid out €224,435 on 1,276 TVs for inmates.

This followed the IPS spending €215,992 on 1,228 new TVs for inmates in 2014.