The country’s most overcrowded prisons have seen a dramatic turnaround in capacity after 200 inmates were released early as part of emergency measures to ease overcrowding and prevent a Covid-19 outbreak.

Alan Cawley murdered two elderly brothers with special needs. He has been told to "rot in hell" by their family after losing an appeal against his conviction.

The bulk of closed prisons are operating at unsafe levels, raising the risk of violence, according to penal reformers.

There has been a 50% increase in the number of injuries suffered by prison officers dealing with non-compliant prisoners.

Residential property prices rose by 2% in the year to June compared to 2.6% in May, according to the latest figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO).

A compact SUV manufactured by Skoda had the highest pass rate of any vehicle submitted for a NCT test last year.

There are fresh concerns about overcrowding in Irish prisons, with 45 inmates on average having slept on mattresses every night so far this year.

A new recording system has revealed that far greater numbers of prison officers are injured by inmates than was previously reflected in official statistics.

Ireland’s intense boxing schedule at the European Games in Minsk continues tonight with four in the ring as canoeing makes its bow at the Games, and cycling’s time trial medallists are decided.

New figures from the Irish Prison Service (IPS) have revealed the most dangerous prison in the country for prisoners - and prison staff.

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.

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Three people including a garda were taken to hospital after an incident in Castlerea in the early hours of Sunday.

A Garda has been hospitalised after an early-morning attack by two men in County Roscommon.

For shoppers in one North Cork town, information on retail bargains are just a few swipes away.

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.

There were almost 800 drug seizures in Irish prisons in the first nine months of this year, the Department of Justice has confirmed.

The winning exhibitors in the main championships at the 2017 Tullamore Show & AIB National Livestock Show were as follows.

The latest phase in the 125th-anniversary celebrations at Lahinch Golf Club gets underway this morning with the first qualifying round in the Pierse Motors South of Ireland Championship and continues until Monday when many past champions will be honoured in a special competition followed by a gala dinner.

A 30-year-old Mayo man has been sentenced to life in prison for the double murder of two elderly brothers with special needs in their Mayo home. He had bludgeoned them with a shovel and one of their walking sticks.

There is “now little doubt” that the Government’s Help-to-Buy scheme has fuelled property price hikes, according to an economist, with latest figures showing the highest rise in prices in two years.