A murder accused asked to make a statement to a garda while in prison, where he admitted that he stabbed a popular local musician and apologised for his action, his trial has heard

Details released under the Freedom of Information Act show there were 1,138 drug seizures in ten Irish prisons last year.

A 46-year-old man appeared in court yesterday afternoon charged with the murder of his wife.

Prison bosses are to trial a new technology to tackle the rising threat posed by drones smuggling drugs and weapons into prison.

Gardaí caught two people as they were assembling a drone outside a prison.

Gardaí in Castlerea, Co Roscommon have arrested a 46-year-old male and a 45-year-old female following the interception of a drone, controlled drugs and a number of items.

A Mayo man given life for the murder of two elderly brothers with special needs has been given a date in June for an appeal against his conviction.

Prison officers made more than 1,100 drug seizures in Irish prisons last year as part of ongoing efforts to clamp down on contraband.

The DPP has agreed to review his refusal to prosecute prison officers for perjury concerning an incident where a convicted rapist was assaulted in custody, the High Court has heard.

The DPP has agreed to review his refusal to prosecute prison officers for perjury concerning an incident where a convicted rapist was assaulted in custody, the High Court has heard.

A stable block is to be built alongside the cell block in Castlerea Prison to cater for the country’s first equine course for prisoners.

A man jailed for 10 years for his role in an armed burglary where a family was held hostage and robbed has brought High Court proceedings aimed at securing his early release from prison.

More than 3,500 makeshift daggers and other deadly weapons were seized by prison officers working in jails during the past five years — an average of two every day.

Nearly 900 pints of homemade alcohol was confiscated from prisoners in Irish jails last year, new figures have revealed, writes Darragh McDonagh.

Nearly 900 pints of homemade alcohol was confiscated from prisoners in Irish jails last year, new figures have revealed.

A convicted rapist wants to bring legal proceedings against the DPP and the gardaí over an alleged failure to prosecute prison officers for perjury in relation to an incident in which he was assaulted while in custody.

A special prison unit is being set up to house the country’s most violent prisoners.

Scissor sister, Charlotte Mulhall, 32, and killer waitress, Marta Herda, 29, are just two of 10 women serving life sentences in Ireland.

A man spent a week in prison after being arrested because he had the exact same name as his brother.

Prison authorities are struggling to combat the problem of smuggling in Irish jails, with new figures revealing that more than 3,200 drug seizures have taken place in prisons over the past three years.

A 53-year old man accused of murdering a mother-of-two last weekend has been granted free legal aid.

Two men arrested following a car chase by gardaí appeared at a special sitting of Sligo District Court yesterday .

A murder suspect was put on suicide watch on the orders of a judge yesterday.

The woman who was sexually abused by a wheelchair-bound paedophile when she was a teenager said it is up to the courts and prison service to deal with him in whatever way they see fit.

A wheelchair-user paedophile sentenced to five years for indecent assault was transported to Castlerea Prison — and then brought home again — because he could not be accommodated at the jail this week.

A series of garda blunders culminated in a man murdering his own mother at a time when he should have been behind bars, according to a damning report from the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (Gsoc).

A fearful teenage mother says her former boyfriend is torturing her in her dreams following their break-up.

A woman who claimed she was told to take off her jeans going through a security check at Castlerea Prison and, as a result, accidentally dropped her underwear has lost her damages action.

A convicted sex offender has been jailed for 10 years for molesting a 14-year-old boy in a Kerry town over two years ago.

A convicted sex offender will be sentenced next week for molesting a 14-year-old boy in a Kerry town over two years ago.

Republican Pearse McCauley is facing a further two weeks in prison following a court appearance yesterday.

A man charged with the murder of his parents in Donegal has been remanded in custody at a court hearing in Castlerea Prison.

A Latvian man charged in connection with a car-jacking has been remanded in custody.

A man has been charged with the murder of his parents after appearing at a special sitting of Ballyshannon District Court in Co Donegal.

A man has been charged with the murder of his parents after appearing at a special sitting of Ballyshannon District Court in Co Donegal.

A man who repeatedly sexually abused his young daughters — including during a prison visit — and abused a young boy has been handed an 11-year jail sentence.

A rapist sexually abused his daughters while they were visiting him in prison.

A Lithuanian man has been remanded in custody in connection with an €80,000 drugs seizure near Castlerea in Co. Roscommon yesterday evening.

A man who stabbed his mother to death at her Mayo home in 2011 while he was high on drugs had walked out of a Castlebar courtroom three weeks earlier, despite an order to keep him in custody.

The Donegal man killed after he stabbed three people in Germany was released from an Irish prison two months ago.