Organisation: Irish Prisons Service

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€300,000 to be spent on assessing prisoners' mental health

The Irish Prison Service is to spend €300,000 on evaluating the mental health needs of Ireland’s entire inmate population.

<p>The deal for facilities management services in Ireland’s prisons with LMC FM, a company with offices in Dublin and Tipperary, was finalised in July 2020. The contract is due to last seven years.</p>

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Irish Prisons Service paid €5.6m to company outside of public spending laws

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14% of prisoners 'locked up for 19 or more hours a day '

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Closed prisons ‘now at unsafe capacity’ raising violence risk

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Prison officers strike deferred after Labour Relations Commission intervention

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PAC to ask for information on Garda and prison phone recording systems

Mountjoy riot 'not caused by over-crowding'

There are strong denials that overcrowding was to blame for a riot at Mountjoy jail which saw three prison officers injured.

Fri, 15 Oct, 2010

Inmates abscond during funeral home visit

Two prisoners remained at large today after escaping while visiting the remains of their dead brother.

Thu, 28 Jan, 2010

Government abandons plans for new prison

The Government cannot afford to press ahead with controversial plans for a massive prison complex in north Dublin, it was revealed tonight.

Tue, 19 May, 2009

Over €1bn earmarked for new prisons

ALMOST half of the total spend in the justice and equality sector, €2.82 billion, has been earmarked for the provision of new prisons in the national development plan.

Wed, 24 Jan, 2007

Warning over 'misguided' approach to prisons system

The Government’s approach to the prison system is misguided and uninformed, it was claimed today.

Mon, 29 Aug, 2005

New jail plans driven by money, claim prison officers

Plans for a new prison on the outskirts of Dublin to replace Mountjoy jail are motivated by money and not the welfare of prisoners, it was claimed today.

Tue, 03 Aug, 2004

Inmate treated in hospital after Limerick Prison yard stabbing

AN inmate was being treated in hospital yesterday after being stabbed in Limerick Prison at the weekend.

Mon, 26 Jul, 2004

Prisons could shut if overtime plan fails

JUSTICE Minister Michael McDowell could close four prisons if officers don’t accept a plan to reduce the annual €60m overtime bill.

Tue, 23 Sep, 2003

Officials aim to resolve prison crisis

SENIOR officials from the Irish Prisons Service will visit Castlerea Prison, Co Roscommon, today in a bid to mend a serious break in the link between management and members of the Prison Officers’ Association.

Thu, 13 Mar, 2003