Fine Gael is focusing on tackling crime and restoring public order as the general election campaign trundles along today.

The issue of overcrowding is set to top the agenda at the annual conference of the Irish Prison Officers Association in Sligo today.

The Irish Prison Officers Association is calling for the workplace smoking ban to be extended to include all of Ireland's jails.

The Irish Prison Officers Association has expressed growing frustration with what it called the Government's failure to address prison overcrowding.

A PRISONER being transferred from Cork to Dublin attempted to take a female prison officer hostage yesterday.

The Irish Prison Officers Association is to begin a fresh ballot on the Government's prison overtime proposals this Friday.

The leadership of the Irish Prison Officers Association is meeting today to discuss the next move in a long-running overtime dispute with the Government.

The long-running dispute over prison officers’ overtime is reportedly on the brink of being resolved following recommendations from an independent arbitrator.

The Irish Prison Officers Association (IPOA) has called for measures to tackle the drugs problem in Irish prisons following an assault on two prison officers at Cloverhill Jail in Dublin yesterday.

THE Department of Justice and the Prison Service have used overtime by prison officers as the cheaper option for many years.

Delegates at the Irish Prison Officers Association's annual conference staged a mass walkout today as Justice Minister Michael McDowell delivered a speech warning of a crackdown on prison officers' overtime.

Prison officers at Castlerea Prison in Co Roscommon are due to mount a one-hour work stoppage today in protest at management's alleged indifference to bullying and harassment allegations.