Porridge used to be the staple diet of prisoners but lavish menus will now cost more than €6m a year, it emerged today.

The Prison Service is spending €500,000 to supply inmates with clothes and shoes, it emerged today.

THERE is a misconception that street prostitution is gradually dying out in this country — that more and more women are involved in the more lucrative off-street trade.

A HUGE amount of equipment needed for the visiting special Olympians has started rolling out of the state’s prisons as the final countdown to the tournament begins.

A Carlow mother has told a Central Criminal Court judge her son failed to appear for his sentence for rape because he received a threatening letter from inmates at Arbour Hill prison saying they were "looking forward" to his arrival.