The solicitor for Tansanqa Radise told a judge that his client could not get a bed at the HSE's Carraig Mór centre in Cork because he had an address in Dublin.

Gardai are investigating claims that a prisoner was sexually assaulted by other inmates in Cork Prison.

Officers at Cork Prison have been criticised over their failure to regularly inspect an inmate who was found hanging in his cell within hours of arriving in the jail.

The Irish Prison Service has sought expressions of interest for a prison visitors’ centre (PVC) in Cork Prison, two years after an initial plan failed to deliver a similar facility.

A prisoner found dead in his cell in Cork Prison last year was facing sentencing for serious criminal offences.

Prison staff in Cork were disciplined after it was discovered they filed “misleading and inaccurate” records about the care afforded to a vulnerable inmate on the night he died.

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 prisoner and convicted drug dealer who claims he has incurable brain cancer is campaigning to be released early to have treatment at home.

A Central Criminal Court jury has found a Waterford man guilty of murdering a fellow Cork Prison inmate following an argument over switching television channels.

A 42-year-old Cork Prison inmate died from a single stab wound to the front of his chest and haemorrhage's to his heart and aorta, a murder trial has heard.

Defects inherent in the old Cork Prison building in terms of housing vulnerable and suicidal prisoners have been rectified at the new multi-million euro facility, Cork Coroners’ Court heard yesterday.

The Justice Minister has rejected suggestions the new Cork Prison — with in-cell TVs, gyms, a garden, and family-friendly visiting rooms — is too plush for inmates.

The transfer of prisoners from Cork jail to the new prison facility will be the biggest in the history of the State, and the improved conditions will contribute to prisoners’ wellbeing and subsequent reintegration to society, governor Pat Dawson tells Eoin English

Penal system reformers have praised the construction of a new Cork prison — but are concerned about its increased capacity and plans to double up cells.

The director general of the Irish Prison Service has said that the long-awaited introduction of an installment system to pay court fines will have a “huge impact” on the numbers being sent to jail.

“Cork Prison is the worst jail in the system. It’s inhumane.”

Cormac O’Keeffe visits the new Cork Prison which is due to open by the end of the year. With larger cells, a Visits Garden with a play area for children, among other facilities , it is hoped the new prison will offer a healthier environment for prisoners and their families than current conditions at the existing prison which have been widely condemned

An exhumation will take place shortly in the grounds of Cork Prison in the hope of discovering and identifying the remains of War of Independence volunteer Thomas Kent.

A man in his 30's has been arrested in connection with the death of an inmate in Cork Prison last weekend.

It could be several days before gardaí question an inmate about the fatal stabbing of another prisoner in Cork Prison at the weekend.

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The suspect in the fatal stabbing of a “model inmate” at Cork Prison was cleared for kitchen duty despite a history of violent knife crime.

A prisoner suspected of the fatal stabbing of an inmate inside Cork Prison had been holding a trusted position within the regime.

Six out of 10 people sent to Cork Prison are jailed for non-payment of court fines, putting huge pressure on the system.

JIM COLLINS jumps up out of his seat as soon as we enter the room.

MICHAEL Donnellan runs his fingers across computer printouts and architectural drawings of the new Cork Prison.

That six out of 10 inmates in Cork Prison are jailed because they refuse to pay fines is preposterous.