Gardaí have arrested a man in connection with the death of another man in Cloverhill Prison yesterday.

A new director general was appointed to the Irish Prison Service last month, but the picture painted of the system by the minister was questionable, writes Michael Clifford.

Gang culture is posing such a threat at Mountjoy Prison in Dublin that up to one in four inmates are seeking to be confined to a solitary cell for their own protection.

A man has been found dead in a cell at Cloverhill Prison in Dublin.

An inmate has returned to safety after an incident at Dublin's Cloverhill Prison.

The Minister for Justice Frances Fitzgerald is being asked to provide protection for a young Afghan man who was assaulted in Cloverhill prison in Dublin on Wednesday.

Two prisoners remain on a jail roof after a protest saw at least one inmate stabbed.

A number of prisoners have been taken to hospital following a protest at Cloverhill Prison in Dublin.